TY - CHAP AU - Masaki Ohkubo AU - Takafumi Hamaoka AU - Yasuhisa Kaneko AU - Toshihito Katsumura AU - Ayumi Sakamoto ED - Marcelo Saad Y1 - 2011-10-10 PY - 2011 T1 - The Effect of Acupuncture on Muscle Blood Volume and Oxygenation N2 - Acupuncture and related techniques are useful tools for treating a spectrum of diseases. However, there are still many areas of controversy surrounding it. We hope this book can contribute to guide the advance of this ancient medical art. In the present work, the reader will find texts written by authors from different parts of the world. The chapters cover strategic areas to collaborate with the consolidation of the knowledge in acupuncture. The book doesn't intend to solve all the questions regarding this issue but the main objective is to share elements to make acupuncture more and better understood at health systems worldwide. BT - Acupuncture SP - Ch. 3 UR - https://doi.org/10.5772/23773 DO - 10.5772/23773 SN - PB - IntechOpen CY - Rijeka Y2 - 2024-04-19 ER -