Acupuncture for the treatment of chronic knee and back pain;Akupunktur bei chronischen knie- und rückenschmerzen

Deutsches Arzteblatt

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Endres, Heinz G ^a   Victor, Norbert ^b   Haake, Michael ^c   Witte, Steffen ^b   Streitberger, Konrad ^b   Zenz, Michael ^d  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^d RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Adverse events; Chronic pain; Knee pain; Model project; Osteoarthritis

Indexed keywords

NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ACUPUNCTURE; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GERMANY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; KNEE PAIN; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL PRACTICE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM;

EID: 33846565919     PISSN: 00121207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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