Acupuncture relief of chronic pain syndrome correlates with increased plasma met-enkephalin concentrations.
Lancet
; 2(8364): 1394-6, 1983 Dec 17.
Article
em En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-6140497
ABSTRACT
In twenty patients with chronic pain syndrome, acupuncture treatment resulted in significant improvement of both pain and psychiatric symptoms and higher plasma concentrations of metenkephalin. Plasma beta-endorphin concentrations were unchanged. The degree of symptom relief was correlated with the increase in plasma met-enkephalin.
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Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Medicinas Tradicionais:
Medicinas_tradicionales_de_asia
/
Medicina_china
Métodos Terapêuticos e Terapias MTCI:
Terapias_manuales
Assunto principal:
Encefalina Metionina
/
Terapia por Acupuntura
/
Manejo da Dor
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Lancet
Ano de publicação:
1983
Tipo de documento:
Article