Effectiveness of acupressure to reduce pain in intramuscular injections

Acute Pain

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 201-205

  Alavi, Negin Masoudi ^a  

^a KASHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Acupressure; Intramuscular injection; Pain

Indexed keywords

PENICILLIN G; PROCAINE PENICILLIN;

ACUPRESSURE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BUTTOCK; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJECTION SITE PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; SCORING SYSTEM; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 36448977944     PISSN: 13660071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acpain.2007.09.002     Document Type: Article

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