Interventions and physician characteristics in a randomized multicenter trial of acupuncture in patients with low-back pain

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 649-657

  Brinkhaus, Benno ^a   Witt, Claudia M ^a   Jena, Susanne ^a   Linde, Klaus ^a,b   Streng, Andrea ^b   Irnich, Dominik ^c   Hummelsberger, Josef ^d   Hammes, Michael ^b   Pach, Daniel ^a   Melchart, Dieter ^b,e   Willich, Stefan N ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d International Society for Chinese Medicine   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GERMANY; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH DESIGN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33846418744     PISSN: 10755535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/acm.2006.12.649     Document Type: Article

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