Acupuncture for tinnitus: A series of six n=1 controlled trials

Complementary Therapies in Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 39-46

  Jackson, Andrew ^a   MacPherson, Hugh ^b,c   Hahn, Seokyung ^c,d  

^a Northern College of Acupuncture   (United Kingdom)

^b Foundation for Traditional Chinese Medicine   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^d Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Bayesian statistics; Cases series; n=1; Tinnitus

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOUDNESS; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PERCEPTION; PITCH; SLEEP PATTERN; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; TINNITUS;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TINNITUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 32244443680     PISSN: 09652299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ctim.2005.07.005     Document Type: Article

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