The role of acupuncture in pain management

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinics of North America

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 749-772

  Audette, Joseph F ^a,b   Ryan, Angela H ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b and Red Sox Foundation and Massachusetts General Hospital Home Base Program   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ACUPUNCTURE ANALGESIA; HUMAN; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURVIVAL RATE; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; ANALGESIA; ARTHRITIS; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMANS; MEDICINE, CHINESE TRADITIONAL; MYOFASCIAL PAIN SYNDROMES; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PAIN; TENDINOPATHY;

EID: 5344235409     PISSN: 10479651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pmr.2004.03.009     Document Type: Review

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