Local and remote sustained trigger point therapy for exacerbations of chronic low back pain: A randomized, double-blind, controlled, multicenter trial

Spine

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 786-797

  Kovacs, Francisco M ^a   Abraira, Víctor ^b   Pozo, Francisco ^b   Kleinbaum, David G ^c   Beltrán, Juan ^d   Mateo, Isabel ^e   De Ayala, Carlos Pérez ^d   Peña, Andrés ^d   Zea, Antonio ^d   González Lanza, Mariano ^d   Morillas, Luis ^e  

^a Fundacion Kovacs   (Spain)

^b Ministerio de Sanidad y Consumo   (Spain)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d HOSPITAL RAMÓN Y CAJAL   (Spain)

^e Ciudad Sanitaria La Paz   (Spain)

Author keywords

chronic low back pain; clinical trial; controlled; double blind; multicenter; neuroreflexotherapy; randomized

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL TRIAL; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NERVE ENDING; NERVE STIMULATION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN NERVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; CHRONIC DISEASE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EAR, EXTERNAL; EPIDERMIS; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; SURGICAL STAPLING;

EID: 0030898339     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199704010-00017     Document Type: Article

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