Acupuncture for tennis elbow: An e-mail consensus study to define a standardised treatment in a GPs' surgery

Acupuncture in Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 181-185

  Webster Harrison, Philip ^a   White, Adrian ^b   Rae, Jonny ^a  

^a Port View Surgery   (United Kingdom)

^b PENINSULA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Consensus study; Lateral epicondylalgia; Tennis elbow

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ARTICLE; CIRCULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INTERNET; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STANDARDIZATION;

EID: 0036937010     PISSN: 09645284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/aim.20.4.181     Document Type: Article

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