Nonpharmacological treatments for musculoskeletal pain

Clinical Journal of Pain

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 33-46

  Wright, Anthony ^a,b,c   Sluka, Kathleen A ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Electrotherapy; Exercise; Manual therapy; Physical therapy

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ARTICLE; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; EXERCISE; HEAT TREATMENT; HUMAN; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; MASSAGE; MYALGIA; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; ANIMALS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; EXERCISE THERAPY; HEAT; HUMANS; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; PAIN; PALLIATIVE CARE; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES;

EID: 0035103387     PISSN: 07498047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002508-200103000-00006     Document Type: Article

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