Effects of trigger point acupuncture on chronic low back pain in elderly patients - A sham-controlled randomised trial

Acupuncture in Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 5-12

  Itoh, Kazunori ^a   Katsumi, Yasukazu ^a   Hirota, Satoko ^a   Kitakoji, Hiroshi ^a  

^a MEIJI UNIVERSITY OF INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Chronic low back pain; Elderly; Randomised controlled trial; Trigger point

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE ANALGESIA; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC DISORDER; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; ROLAND MORRIS QUESTIONNAIRE; SHORT TERM EFFECT; THERAPY EFFECT; TRIGGER POINT; TRIGGER POINT ACUPUNCTURE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 33645769549     PISSN: 09645284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/aim.24.1.5     Document Type: Article

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