Applicability of press needles to a double-blind trial: A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled Trial

Clinical Journal of Pain

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 438-444

  Miyazaki, Shougo ^a   Hagihara, Akihito ^a   Kanda, Ryo ^b   Mukaino, Yoshito ^b   Nobutomo, Koichi ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b FUKUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Double blind method; Low back pain; Placebo; Press needle; Randomized controlled trial

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO;

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; HUMAN; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; NEEDLE; PRESS NEEDLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKIN PENETRATION; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 67649547725     PISSN: 07498047     EISSN: 15365409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AJP.0b013e318193a6e1     Document Type: Article

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