Acupuncture treatment of geriatric patients with ischemic stroke: A randomized, double-controlled, single-blind study [6]

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 549-550

  Schuler, Matthias Siegfried ^a   Durdak, Claudia ^a   Hösl, Nina Maria ^a   Klink, Antje ^a   Hauer, Klaus Andreas ^a   Oster, Peter ^a   Du, Xudian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; ELECTRODE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GERIATRICS; HUMAN; LETTER; PREVALENCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL STIMULATION; AGED; FEMALE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

ACUPUNCTURE; AGED; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; HUMANS; MALE; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

EID: 17444432222     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2005.53178_6.x     Document Type: Letter

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