Acupuncture for back pain, knee pain and insomnia in transverse myelitis - A case report

Acupuncture in Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 188-192

  Vaghela, Sonia A ^a   Donnellan, Clare P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Back pain; Insomnia; Knee pain; Mood; Rehabilitation; Transverse myelitis

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; BISACODYL; CODEINE PHOSPHATE; DICLOFENAC; DOCUSATE SODIUM; ESCITALOPRAM; GABAPENTIN; MACROGOL 3350; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PARACETAMOL;

ACUPUNCTURE; ADL DISABILITY; ADULT; ALLODYNIA; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BLADDER DYSFUNCTION; BODY MASS; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; INTESTINAL DYSMOTILITY; IRRITABILITY; JOINT STIFFNESS; KNEE PAIN; LIMB WEAKNESS; MOOD DISORDER; MUSCLE HYPOTONIA; MYELITIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PARALYSIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSIOTHERAPY; REHABILITATION CARE; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SLEEP DISORDER; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TRIGGER POINT;

ACUPUNCTURE POINTS; ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE; LOW BACK PAIN; MIDDLE AGED; MYELITIS, TRANSVERSE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; SLEEP INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE DISORDERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 55049110796     PISSN: 09645284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/aim.26.3.188     Document Type: Article

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