A randomized trial comparing acupuncture, simulated acupuncture, and usual care for chronic low back pain

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 169, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 858-866

  Cherkin, Daniel C ^a   Sherman, Karen J ^a   Avins, Andrew L ^b   Erro, Janet H ^a   Ichikawa, Laura ^a   Barlow, William E ^a,c   Delaney, Kristin ^a   Hawkes, Rene ^a   Hamilton, Luisa ^b   Pressman, Alice ^b   Khalsa, Partap S ^d   Deyo, Richard A ^e  

^a CENTER FOR HEALTH STUDIES   (United States)

^b DIVISION OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^c Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^e OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALIZED ACUPUNCTURE; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SIMULATED ACUPUNCTURE; STANDARDIZED ACUPUNCTURE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUPUNCTURE POINTS; ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLES; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 66149114402     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinternmed.2009.65     Document Type: Article

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