The impact of patients with nonorganic physical findings on a controlled trial of transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation and electroacupuncture

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Volumn 8, Issue 6, 1983, Pages 625-634

  Lehmann, T R ^a   Russell, D W ^a   Spratt, K F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

Author keywords

Electroacupuncture; Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; DIAGNOSIS; ETIOLOGY; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ASPECT; THERAPY; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; ADULT; BACK PAIN; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIALS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISABILITY EVALUATION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMAN; HYPOCHONDRIASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; MMPI; PLACEBOS; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC DISORDERS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRIC NERVE STIMULATION;

EID: 0021037888     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-198309000-00008     Document Type: Article

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