Acupuncture trials and methodological considerations

Clinical Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 192-199

  Hopwood, Val ^a   Lewith, George ^b  

^a Institute for Clean Growth and Future Mobility   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO;

ACUPUNCTURE; CHINESE MEDICINE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEDICAL ETHICS; METHODOLOGY; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION;

EID: 0037218983     PISSN: 14611449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1461-1449(02)00042-7     Document Type: Short Survey

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