Acupuncture for chronic neck pain: A pilot for a randomised controlled trial

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

Volumn 7, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Salter, Gemma C ^a   Roman, Mark ^b   Bland, Martin J ^a   MacPherson, Hugh ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b York and Selby Primary Care Trust   (United Kingdom)

^c Foundation for Traditional Chinese Medicine   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERVIEW; MALE; NECK PAIN; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK PAIN; PILOT PROJECTS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33845776753     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2474-7-99     Document Type: Article

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