Variation in diagnosis and treatment of chronic low back pain by traditional Chinese medicine acupuncturists

Complementary Therapies in Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 154-166

  Hogeboom, C J ^a,b   Sherman, K J ^b,c   Cherkin, D C ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Northwest Institute of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d CENTER FOR HEALTH STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; CHINESE MEDICINE; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KIDNEY DISEASE; LATIN SQUARE DESIGN; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; OBSERVER VARIATION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRESCRIPTION; REPRODUCIBILITY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035165554     PISSN: 09652299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/ctim.2001.0457     Document Type: Article

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