Chinese acupuncture for chronic low back pain: An international expert survey

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1089-1095

  Molsberger, Albrecht F ^a,b,c,d   Zhou, Jianhong ^a,b   Arndt, Dirk ^a   Teske, Wolfgang ^b  

^a Acupuncture Research Group   (Germany)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^c Center for Integrative Pain Management   (Germany)

^d Forschungsgruppe Akupunktur   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; CHINESE MEDICINE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; LOW BACK PAIN; MOXIBUSTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW;

ACUPUNCTURE POINTS; ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; QI; QUESTIONNAIRES; YANG DEFICIENCY; YIN DEFICIENCY;

EID: 57349091766     PISSN: 10755535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/acm.2008.0138.A     Document Type: Review

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