Acupuncture in patients with tension-type headache: Randomised controlled trial

British Medical Journal

Volumn 331, Issue 7513, 2005, Pages 376-379

  Melchart, Dieter ^a   Streng, Andrea ^a   Hoppe, Andrea ^a   Brinkhaus, Benno ^c   Witt, Claudia ^c   Wagenpfeil, Stefan ^b   Pfaffenrath, Volker ^d   Hammes, Michael ^a   Hummelsberger, Josef ^d   Irnich, Dominik ^e   Weidenhammer, Wolfgang ^a   Willich, Stefan N ^c   Linde, Klaus ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^d NONE

^e UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC TENSION HEADACHE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GERMANY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTPATIENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TENSION HEADACHE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TENSION-TYPE HEADACHE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 23844452389     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.38512.405440.8F     Document Type: Article

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