The efficacy of wet-cupping in the treatment of tension and migraine headache

American Journal of Chinese Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 37-44

  Ahmadi, Alireza ^a,b   Schwebel, David C ^b   Rezaei, Mansour ^a  

^a KERMANSHAH UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternative Medicine; Headache; Migraine Headache; Tension Headache; Wet Cupping

Indexed keywords

ANTIMIGRAINE AGENT;

ADULT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; MIGRAINE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SCORING SYSTEM; TENSION HEADACHE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WET CUPPING THERAPY;

COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; MIGRAINE DISORDERS; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SUCTION; TENSION-TYPE HEADACHE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 44049092369     PISSN: 0192415X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0192415X08005564     Document Type: Article

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