Laser acupuncture for chronic non-specific low back pain: A controlled clinical trial

Acupuncture in Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 94-100

  Glazov, Gregory ^a   Schattner, Peter ^b   Lopez, Derrick ^a   Shandley, Kerrie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; METHODOLOGY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC);

ACUPUNCTURE POINTS; ADULT; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY, LOW-LEVEL; LOW BACK PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 72849108385     PISSN: 09645284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/aim.2009.000521     Document Type: Article

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