The role of touch in acupuncture treatment

Acupuncture in Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 148-152

  Chae, Younbyoung ^a   Olausson, Håkan ^b  

^a Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; CHINESE MEDICINE; DEVICES; EVALUATION STUDY; HUMAN; NEEDLE; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; SENSATION; TOUCH;

ACUPUNCTURE POINTS; ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; HUMANS; NEEDLES; QI; SENSATION; TOUCH;

EID: 85019090088     PISSN: 09645284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/acupmed-2016-011178     Document Type: Article

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