Electrical Stimulation of Auricular Acupuncture Points Is More Effective Than Conventional Manual Auricular Acupuncture in Chronic Cervical Pain: A Pilot Study

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 97, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1469-1473

  Sator Katzenschlager, Sabine M ^a   Szeles, Jozef C ^a   Scharbert, Gisela ^a   Michalek Sauberer, Andrea ^a   Kober, Alexander ^a   Heinze, Georg ^a   Kozek Langenecker, Sibylle A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LORNOXICAM; TRAMADOL;

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEEDLE; OUTPATIENT; PAIN; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SLEEP; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WELLBEING;

EID: 0142181246     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/01.ANE.0000082246.67897.0B     Document Type: Article

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