Dry needling at myofascial trigger spots of rabbit skeletal muscles modulates the biochemicals associated with pain, inflammation, and hypoxia

Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 2012, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Hsieh, Yueh Ling ^a   Yang, Shun An ^a   Yang, Chen Chia ^a   Chou, Li Wei ^a,b  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA ENDORPHIN; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; HYPOXIA INDUCIBLE FACTOR 1ALPHA; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; SUBSTANCE P; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; VASCULOTROPIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BICEPS FEMORIS; BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRY NEEDLING; EXPERIMENTAL RABBIT; HYPOXIA; IMMUNOASSAY; INFLAMMATION; INJECTION; MALE; MYOFASCIAL PAIN; MYOFASCIAL TRIGGER POINT; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPINAL GANGLION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TRIGGER POINT;

EID: 84872818241     PISSN: 1741427X     EISSN: 17414288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2012/342165     Document Type: Article

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