German Acupuncture Trials (GERAC) for chronic low back pain: Randomized, multicenter, blinded, parallel-group trial with 3 groups

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 167, Issue 17, 2007, Pages 1892-1898

  Haake, Michael ^a   Müller, Hans Helge ^b   Schade Brittinger, Carmen ^b   Basler, Heinz D ^b   Schäfer, Helmut ^b   Maier, Christoph ^c   Endres, Heinz G ^d   Trampisch, Hans J ^c   Molsberger, Albrecht ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^c RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^d RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^e Centre for Clinical Acupuncture and Research   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHINESE MEDICINE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GERMANY; HANOVER FUNCTIONAL ABILITY QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PARALLEL DESIGN; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VERUM ACUPUNCTURE;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34748846805     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.167.17.1892     Document Type: Article

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