Lessons from a trial of acupuncture and massage for low back pain: Patient expectations and treatment effects

Spine

Volumn 26, Issue 13, 2001, Pages 1418-1424

  Kalauokalani, Donna ^a   Cherkin, Daniel C ^b   Sherman, Karen J ^c,d   Koepsell, Thomas D ^e   Deyo, Richard A ^f  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR HEALTH STUDIES   (United States)

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

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^e Health Services and Epidemiology   (United States)

^f Family Medicine and Health Services   (United States)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Alternative therapies; Low back pain; Massage; Patient expectations; Placebo; Roland scale; Treatment effectiveness

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; EXPECTATION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASSAGE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MASSAGE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0035398634     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-200107010-00005     Document Type: Article

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