Acupuncture for Tension-Type Headache: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized, Controlled Trials

Journal of Pain

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 667-677

  Davis, Matthew A ^a,b   Kononowech, Robert W ^a   Rolin, Stéphanie A ^a   Spierings, Egilius L ^c  

^a DARTMOUTH INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH POLICY AND CLINICAL PRACTICE   (United States)

^b Grace Cottage Hospital   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Acupuncture therapy; meta analysis; review literature; tension type headache

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DIZZINESS; FOLLOW UP; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; META ANALYSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TENSION HEADACHE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUPUNCTURE POINTS; ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TENSION-TYPE HEADACHE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 47549115200     PISSN: 15265900     EISSN: 15288447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpain.2008.03.011     Document Type: Review

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