Acupuncture for treatment of persistent arm pain due to repetitive use: A randomized controlled clinical trial

Clinical Journal of Pain

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 211-218

  Goldman, Rose H ^a,b,c,g   Stason, William B ^c   Park, Sung Kyun ^f   Kim, Rokho ^e   Schnyer, Rosa N ^b   Davis, Roger B ^b,c,d   Legedza, Anna T R ^b,d   Kaptchuk, Ted J ^b,d  

^a Cambridge Health Alliance ^*  (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^g CAMBRIDGE HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Arm pain; Randomized controlled trial

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; GRIP STRENGTH; HUMAN; LIMB PAIN; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REPETITIVE STRAIN INJURY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; ADULT; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 43149093574     PISSN: 07498047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AJP.0b013e31815ec20f     Document Type: Article

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