Journal of Chiropractic Medicine
Volume 8, Issue 1 , Pages 9-14 , March 2009

Effects of electrical stimulation of acupuncture points on blood pressure

  • John Zhang, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Associate Professor, Associate Director of Research, Logan College of Chiropractic, Chesterfield, MO 63017-5529
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Research Department, 1851 Schoettler Road, Chesterfield, MO 63006, USA. Tel.: +1 636 230 1920; fax: +1 636 207 2417.
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  • Derek Ng

      Affiliations

    • Student, Logan College of Chiropractic, Chesterfield, MO
    • ,
  • Amy Sau

      Affiliations

    • Student, Logan College of Chiropractic, Chesterfield, MO

Received 27 February 2008 ,Revised 1 July 2008 ,Accepted 6 July 2008.

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☆ This study was funded by the Logan College of Chiropractic Research Department. There were no conflicts of interests for the authors involved in the study.

☆☆ Clinical registration number: NCT00459758.

PII: S1556-3707(08)00130-2

doi: 10.1016/j.jcm.2008.07.003

Journal of Chiropractic Medicine
Volume 8, Issue 1 , Pages 9-14 , March 2009

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