Bee Venom Acupuncture for Musculoskeletal Pain: A Review

Journal of Pain

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 289-297

  Lee, Myeong Soo ^a   Pittler, Max H ^a   Shin, Byung Cheul ^b   Kong, Jae Cheol ^b   Ernst, Edzard ^a  

^a PENINSULA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b Wonkwang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

acupuncture; Bee venom; meta analysis; musculoskeletal pain; pain; systematic review

Indexed keywords

BEE VENOM; HERBACEOUS AGENT; NABUMETONE; PLACEBO; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ACUPUNCTURE; ARTHRITIS; BURNING SENSATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFABULATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA EXTRACTION; DRUG EFFICACY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; META ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; PRURITUS; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SAMPLE SIZE; SKIN ALLERGY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VALIDITY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ACUPUNCTURE ANALGESIA; ACUPUNCTURE POINTS; ARTHRALGIA; BEE VENOMS; HUMANS; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; PLACEBO EFFECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SAMPLE SIZE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 40949154817     PISSN: 15265900     EISSN: 15288447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpain.2007.11.012     Document Type: Review

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