Electrical acustimulation of the wrist for chronic neck pain: A randomized, sham-controlled trial using a wrist-ankle acustimulation device

Clinical Journal of Pain

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 320-326

  Chan, Danny K C ^a,f   Johnson, Mark I ^b   Sun, Kai On ^c   Doble, Sharon Jayne ^d   Jenkins, Susan ^e  

^a Hong Kong Acupuncture and Physiotherapy Pain Center   (Hong Kong)

^b KWONG WAH HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^c LEEDS METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d School of Medicine

^e CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f Hong Kong SAR   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Exercise; Neck pain; Randomized controlled trial; Transcutaneous electric nerve stimulation; Wrist ankle acustimulation

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; AGED; ANKLE; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECK PAIN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; THERAPY EFFECT; WRIST;

EID: 67649547755     PISSN: 07498047     EISSN: 15365409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AJP.0b013e318192ce39     Document Type: Article

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