Designing an acupuncture study: The nationwide, randomized, controlled, German acupuncture trials on migraine and tension-type headache

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 237-245

  Molsberger, Albrecht F ^a,f   Boewing, Gabriele ^a   Diener, Hans Christoph ^b   Endres, Heinz G ^c   Kraehmer, Nils ^d   Kronfeld, Kai ^e   Zenz, Michael ^c  

^a Forschungsgruppe Akupunktur und Traditionelle Chinesische Medizin   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^c RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^e JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^f Forschungsgruppe Akupunktur   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ARTICLE; CHINESE MEDICINE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GERMANY; HEADACHE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MIGRAINE; MOXIBUSTION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TECHNIQUE; TENSION HEADACHE; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; CRITICAL PATHWAYS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; MIGRAINE DISORDERS; MULTICENTER STUDIES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SALICYLAMIDES; TENSION-TYPE HEADACHE;

EID: 33646450401     PISSN: 10755535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/acm.2006.12.237     Document Type: Article

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