Complementary therapies for back pain: Is the evidence getting stronger?

Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 736-738

  Ernst, Edzard ^a   Pittler, M H ^a   Wider, B ^a   Boddy, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Back pain; Complementary medicine; Effectiveness

Indexed keywords

HARPOGOSIDE; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACUPUNCTURE; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CLINICAL TRIAL; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; KINESIOTHERAPY; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; MASSAGE; META ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

BACK PAIN; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS;

EID: 34147104019     PISSN: 07703198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10067-006-0395-y     Document Type: Article

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