Discrimination accuracy between real and sham press needles in the hands

Acupuncture in Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 293-298

  Kim, Sungha ^a,b   Lee, Sanghun ^b   Choi, Sunmi ^b   Park, Jeonghwan ^b   Kim, Sungchul ^c  

^a University of Science and Technology (UST)   (South Korea)

^b Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine (KIOM)   (South Korea)

^c Wonkwang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; AGED; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DEVICES; FEMALE; HAND; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SENSATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ACUPUNCTURE POINTS; ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLES; SENSATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84938740858     PISSN: 09645284     EISSN: 17599873     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/acupmed-2014-010678     Document Type: Article

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