Acupressure Therapy

Preferred Label : Acupressure Therapy;

NCIt synonyms : Acupressure; Ischemic Compression;

NCIt definition : The application of non-invasive finger pressure along energy points throughout the body in order to relieve pain and induce a feeling of well-being.;

Alternative definition : NCI-GLOSS: The application of pressure or localized massage to specific sites on the body to control symptoms such as pain or nausea. It is a type of complementary and alternative medicine.;

Codes from synonyms : CDR0000046723;

Details

Origin ID

C15606;

UMLS CUI

C0282614;

Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Acupressure [ICHI intervention]
- Acupressure Therapy [ICNP intervention]
- Acupressure Therapy [ICNP mean]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Acupressure [ICHI action]
- Acupressure [DeCS]
- Acupressure [MedDRA Preferred Term]
- Acupressure (regime/therapy) [SNOMED CT concept]
- acupressure [MeSH Descriptor]
- acupressure [MeSH concept]
Semantic type(s)
- Therapeutic or Preventive Procedure [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Acupressure [MedDRA Preferred Term]
- Acupressure (regime/therapy) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Acupressure Therapy [ICNP intervention]
- acupressure [MeSH concept]
- acupressure [MeSH Descriptor]
concept_is_in_subset
- CTRP Intervention Terminology [NCIt concept]
- CTRP Terminology [NCIt concept]

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