Dry needling of trigger points with and without paraspinal needling in myofascial pain syndromes in elderly patients

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 617-623

  Ga, Hyuk ^a,b   Choi, Ji Ho ^a   Park, Chang Hae ^a   Yoon, Hyun Jung ^a  

^a Inha University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Inha University Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DRY NEEDLING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GERIATRICS; HUMAN; MALE; MYOFASCIAL PAIN; PARASPINAL NEEDLING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RANGE OF MOTION; RATING SCALE; THERAPY EFFECT; TRAPEZIUS MUSCLE; TRIGGER POINT;

ACUPUNCTURE ANALGESIA; ACUPUNCTURE POINTS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOFASCIAL PAIN SYNDROMES; NECK PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34548418441     PISSN: 10755535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/acm.2006.6371     Document Type: Article

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