Touch on the acupoint of shinchuu of Alzheimer's disease patients

Geriatrics and Gerontology International

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 385-386

  Mariko, Atsushi ^a   Matsuda, Hiroyasu ^a   Takahashi, Maki ^a   Fujii, Masahiko ^a   Sasaki, Hidetada ^a  

^a Sendai Tomozawa Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

TIAPRIDE;

AGED; BARTHEL INDEX; BEHAVIORAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL SYMPTOMS OF DEMENTIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; LETTER; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MASSAGE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPSYCHIATRIC INVENTORY; PATIENT COMFORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TACTILE STIMULATION; THERAPY EFFECT; TOUCH THERAPY; VERY ELDERLY; ACUPUNCTURE; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; TOUCH;

ACUPUNCTURE POINTS; ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; TOUCH;

EID: 84924457676     PISSN: 14441586     EISSN: 14470594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ggi.12351     Document Type: Letter

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