Acupuncture in patients with headache

Cephalalgia

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 969-979

  Jena, S ^a,b   Witt, C M ^a   Brinkhaus, B ^a   Wegscheider, K ^c   Willich, S N ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Complementary medicine; Headache; Randomized controlled trial; Routine care

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; INFECTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; MIGRAINE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIMARY HEADACHE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; TENSION HEADACHE; THERAPY DELAY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GERMANY; HEADACHE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 49749129304     PISSN: 03331024     EISSN: 14682982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2982.2008.01640.x     Document Type: Article

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