Randomised clinical trial comparing the effects of acupuncture and a newly designed placebo needle in rotator cuff tendinitis

Pain

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 235-241

  Kleinhenz, Julia ^a   Streitberger, Konrad ^a   Windeler, Jürgen ^a   Gußbacher, Albert ^a   Mavridis, Georg ^a   Martin, Eike ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Athletes; Placebo needle; Randomised controlled trial; Rotator cuff tendinitis

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO;

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEEDLE; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTATOR CUFF; SHOULDER PAIN; TENDINITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032880165     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3959(99)00107-4     Document Type: Article

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