Touch therapies for pain relief in adults

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn , Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  So, Pui Shan ^a   Jiang, Yu ^b   Qin, Ying ^b  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ANALGESIA; CHRONIC PAIN; CINAHL; CLINICAL TRIAL; EMBASE; HEALING TOUCH; HUMAN; MEDLINE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PLACEBO EFFECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REIKI; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THERAPY EFFECT; TOUCH THERAPY; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 55049114858     PISSN: 1469493X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD006535.pub2     Document Type: Review

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