Noninvasive treatments for headache

Expert Review of Neurotherapeutics

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 355-362

  Biondi, David M ^a  

^a and Red Sox Foundation and Massachusetts General Hospital Home Base Program   (United States)

Author keywords

Physical treatment; Tension type headache

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL TRIAL; EXERCISE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; MASSAGE; MIGRAINE; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSIOTHERAPY; REVIEW; TENSION HEADACHE; TRAINING; TREATMENT INDICATION;

BIOFEEDBACK (PSYCHOLOGY); CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; HEADACHE; HUMANS; MANIPULATION, SPINAL; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES;

EID: 18944398671     PISSN: 14737175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/14737175.5.3.355     Document Type: Review

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