Deqi sensation in placebo acupuncture: A crossover study on chinese medicine students

Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 2013, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Liang, Zhao Hui ^a   Xie, Chang Cai ^a   Li, Zi Ping ^a   Zhu, Xiao Ping ^a   Lu, Ai Ping ^a,b   Fu, Wen Bin ^a  

^a GUANGDONG PROVINCIAL HOSPITAL OF CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

^b HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ACUPUNCTURE NEEDLE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CHINESE MEDICINE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN; PARESTHESIA; PLACEBO EFFECT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SKIN PENETRATION; SKIN SENSATION; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; VOLUNTEER;

EID: 84883211882     PISSN: 1741427X     EISSN: 17414288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2013/620671     Document Type: Article

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