Acupuncture for symptom management of rheumatoid arthritis: A pilot study

Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 641-645

  Lee, Hyangsook ^a,b   Lee, Ji Young ^b   Kim, Yun Ju ^b   Kim, Sehyun ^b   Yin, Changshik ^b   Khil, Jae Ho ^b   Kwon, Kirok ^a   Choi, Sun Mi ^d   Lee, Hyejung ^c   Park, Hi Joon ^b  

^a Sangji University   (South Korea)

^b Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

^c Ministry of Health and Welfare   (South Korea)

^d Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine (KIOM)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

ACR 20; Acupuncture; Disease activity; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DIZZINESS; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; JOINT SWELLING; MALE; MORNING STIFFNESS; NAUSEA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SHORT FORM 36; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMPTOM;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 41849093776     PISSN: 07703198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10067-007-0819-3     Document Type: Article

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