Can a standardized acupuncture technique palliate disabling breathlessness: A single-blind, placebo-controlled crossover study

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Volumn 125, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1783-1790

  Lewith, George T ^a   Prescott, Philip ^b   Davis, Carol L ^c  

^a ROYAL SOUTH HANTS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c Countess Mountbatten House ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Disabling breathlessness; Placebo control; Randomized controlled trial

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED KINGDOM; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 2442545162     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.125.5.1783     Document Type: Article

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