Changes in skin impedance and heart rate variability with application of Acu-TENS to BL 13 (Feishu)

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 558-563

  Ngai, Shirley P C ^a   Jones, Alice Y M ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FORCED VITAL CAPACITY; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; LUNG; LUNG FUNCTION; MALE; NERVE STIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKIN CONDUCTANCE; SYMPATHETIC TONE;

ACUPUNCTURE POINTS; ADULT; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; MEDICINE, CHINESE TRADITIONAL; MERIDIANS; TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRIC NERVE STIMULATION;

EID: 84878776484     PISSN: 10755535     EISSN: 15577708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/acm.2012.0097     Document Type: Article

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