Acupuncture for treating fibromyalgia

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn , Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Deare, John C ^a   Zheng, Z ^b   Xue, C C ^b   Liu, J ^b   Shang, J ^b   Scott, S W ^b  

^a Compmed Health Institute ^*  (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; CHI SQUARE TEST; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA EXTRACTION; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PUBLISHING; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 44949195820     PISSN: 1469493X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD007070     Document Type: Review

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