Moxibustion and other acupuncture point stimulation methods to treat breech presentation: A systematic review of clinical trials

Chinese Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Li, Xun ^a   Hu, Jun ^b   Wang, Xiaoyi ^a   Zhang, Huirui ^a   Liu, Jianping ^a,c  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; BREECH PRESENTATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COCHRANE LIBRARY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; FETUS DEATH; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MEDLINE; MOXIBUSTION; PATIENT POSITIONING; PATIENT SAFETY; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; PREMATURITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 64049089056     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17498546     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1749-8546-4-4     Document Type: Review

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