Prehospital analgesia with acupressure at the Baihui and Hegu points in patients with radial fractures: a prospective, randomized, double-blind trial

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 887-893

  Lang, Thomas ^a   Hager, Helmut ^a   Funovits, Verena ^a   Barker, Renate ^a,b   Steinlechner, Barbara ^a   Hoerauf, Klaus ^a   Kober, Alexander ^a,b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b Austrian Task Force for Pain Care and Research Contra Dolorem   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO;

ACUPRESSURE; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ANALGESIA; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT; PAIN; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIUS FRACTURE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ACUPRESSURE; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALGESIA; ANXIETY; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIUS FRACTURES;

EID: 34848884813     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2007.01.016     Document Type: Article

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