Relief of chronic neck and shoulder pain by manual acupuncture to tender points - A sham-controlled randomized trial

Complementary Therapies in Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 217-222

  Nabeta, T ^a   Kawakita, Kenji ^b  

^a Meiji School of Oriental Medicine   (Japan)

^b MEIJI UNIVERSITY OF INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE ANALGESIA; ADULT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARM MUSCLE; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; MUSCLE STIFFNESS; NECK PAIN; NEEDLE; PAIN THRESHOLD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SHOULDER PAIN; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 0037718304     PISSN: 09652299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0965-2299(02)00082-1     Document Type: Article

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