Auricular acupuncture in the treatment of acute pain syndromes: A pilot study

Military Medicine

Volumn 171, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1010-1014

  Goertz, Christine M H ^a   Niemtzow, Richard ^b   Burns, Stephen M ^b   Fritts, Matthew J ^a   Crawford, Cindy C ^a   Jonas, Wayne B ^a  

^a SAMUELI INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Malcolm Grow Medical Center ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PILOT STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; SOLDIER; STANDARD; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33750090692     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED.171.10.1010     Document Type: Article

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