Effects of acupuncture on the harmonic components of the radial arterial blood-pressure waveform in stroke patients

Biorheology

Volumn 50, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 69-81

  Hsiu, Hsin ^a   Hsu, Chia Liang ^a   Chen, Chao Tsung ^b   Hsu, Wei Chen ^b   Lin, Fong Cheng ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI CITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

acupuncture; blood pressure waveform; Harmonic analysis; stroke

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; AGED; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BLOOD PRESSURE VARIABILITY; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; PULSE WAVE; STROKE PATIENT; WAVEFORM;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULSATILE FLOW; RADIAL ARTERY; STROKE;

EID: 84877012885     PISSN: 0006355X     EISSN: 18785034     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/BIR-130629     Document Type: Article

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