Acupuncture for treating acute attacks of migraine: A randomized controlled trial

Headache

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 805-816

  Li, Ying ^a,d   Liang, Fanrong ^a,d   Yang, Xuguang ^a   Tian, Xiaoping ^a   Yan, Jie ^b   Sun, Guojie ^c   Chang, Xiaorong ^b   Tang, Yong ^a   Ma, Tingting ^a   Zhou, Li ^c   Lan, Lei ^b   Yao, Wen ^b   Zou, Ran ^c  

^a CHENGDU UNIVERSITY OF TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

^b HUNAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

^c HUBEI UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

^d NONE   (China)

Author keywords

Acupuncture points; Acupuncture therapy; Acute migraine; Sham acupuncture; Traditional Chinese medicine

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CHINESE MEDICINE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRAINE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NAUSEA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SHAM PROCEDURE; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SYNCOPE; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT DURATION; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; VOMITING;

ACUPUNCTURE ANALGESIA; ACUPUNCTURE POINTS; ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; CHINA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRAINE DISORDERS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67650066904     PISSN: 00178748     EISSN: 15264610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-4610.2009.01424.x     Document Type: Article

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