A review of acupuncture clinical trials indexed during 2005

Acupuncture in Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 39-49

  White, Adrian ^a   Tough, Elizabeth ^b   Cummings, Mike ^a  

^a Acupuncture in Medicine   (United Kingdom)

^b PENINSULA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ANALGESIA; BACKACHE; CHRONIC DAILY HEADACHE; CHRONIC KNEE PAIN; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; EMBASE; FIBROMYALGIA; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; KNEE PAIN; LOW BACK PAIN; MEDLINE; MERALGIA PARESTHETICA; META ANALYSIS; MIGRAINE; MYOFASCIAL PAIN; NECK PAIN; OOCYTE DONATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; SHOULDER IMPINGEMENT SYNDROME; SHOULDER PAIN; STROKE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TENSION HEADACHE; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

EID: 33645774917     PISSN: 09645284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/aim.24.1.39     Document Type: Review

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