Acupuncture for chronic pain in Japan: A review

Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 431-438

  Itoh, Kazunori ^a   Kitakoji, Hiroshi ^a  

^a MEIJI UNIVERSITY OF INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Chronic pain; Clinical trials; Japanese literature; Trigger point

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; CHINESE MEDICINE; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL TRIAL; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; JAPAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MOXIBUSTION; NECK PAIN; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT DISORDER; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 38149069021     PISSN: 1741427X     EISSN: 17414288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ecam/nel092     Document Type: Review

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