Acupuncture in patients with chronic low back pain: A randomized controlled trial

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 166, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 450-457

  Brinkhaus, Benno ^a   Witt, Claudia M ^a   Jena, Susanne ^a   Linde, Klaus ^a,b   Streng, Andrea ^b   Wagenpfeil, Stefan ^c   Irnich, Dominik ^d   Walther, Heinz Ulrich ^a   Melchart, Dieter ^b,e   Willich, Stefan N ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEEDLE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STANDARDIZATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ACUPUNCTURE ANALGESIA; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD;

EID: 33644549426     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/.450     Document Type: Article

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