The acupuncture randomised trial (ART) for tension-type headache - Details of the treatment

Acupuncture in Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 157-165

  Melchart, Dieter ^a   Streng, Andrea ^a   Hoppe, Andrea ^a   Linde, Klaus ^a   Brinkhaus, Benno ^b   Becker Witt, Claudia ^b   Willich, Stefan N ^b   Hammes, Michael ^a   Irnich, Dominic ^c   Hummelsberger, Josef ^d  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d International Society for Chinese Medicine   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Sham acupuncture; Tension type headache; Treatment standardisation

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TENSION HEADACHE; TRAINING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 30744474440     PISSN: 09645284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/aim.23.4.157     Document Type: Article

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