Acupuncture for the management of chronic headache: A systematic review

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 107, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 2038-2047

  Sun, Yanxia ^a   Gan, Tong J ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAFFEINE; DIHYDROERGOTOXINE MESILATE; ERGOT ALKALOID; IPRAZOCHROME; METOPROLOL; NIMODIPINE; PROPRANOLOL;

ACUPUNCTURE; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BRUISING; CAPILLARY RESISTANCE; CHINESE MEDICINE; CHRONIC HEADACHE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INJURY; MASSAGE; META ANALYSIS; MIGRAINE; PARESTHESIA; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAXATION TRAINING; RISK FACTOR; SHAM PROCEDURE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TENSION HEADACHE; THERAPY EFFECT; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; ACUPUNCTURE ANALGESIA; HEADACHE AND FACIAL PAIN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW;

ACUPUNCTURE ANALGESIA; HEADACHE DISORDERS; HUMANS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 58149289630     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/ane.0b013e318187c76a     Document Type: Article

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