Acupressure at the meridian acupoint Xiyangguan (GB33) influences near-infrared spectroscopic parameters (Regional oxygen saturation) in deeper tissue of the knee in healthy volunteers

Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 2013, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Litscher, Gerhard ^a,b   Ofner, Michael ^c   He, Wei ^a,b   Wang, Lu ^a   Gaischek, Ingrid ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHINESE MATERIA MEDICA   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUPRESSURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KNEE FUNCTION; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGEN SATURATION; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGIONAL OXYGEN SATURATION; THERAPY EFFECT;

EID: 84874541271     PISSN: 1741427X     EISSN: 17414288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2013/370341     Document Type: Article

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