Dry needling and exercise for chronic whiplash - A randomised controlled trial

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

Volumn 10, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Sterling, Michele ^a,b   Valentin, Stephanie ^a   Vicenzino, Bill ^b   Souvlis, Tina ^b   Connelly, Luke B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRY NEEDLING; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARALLEL DESIGN; PHYSIOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; WHIPLASH INJURY; ACUPUNCTURE ANALGESIA; AUSTRALIA; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DISABILITY; FITNESS; HYPERALGESIA; KINESIOTHERAPY; METHODOLOGY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NECK MUSCLE; NEEDLE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; STANDARD;

ACUPUNCTURE ANALGESIA; AUSTRALIA; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; DISABILITY EVALUATION; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERALGESIA; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NECK MUSCLES; NEEDLES; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PAIN MEASUREMENT; PHYSICAL FITNESS; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; RESEARCH DESIGN; WHIPLASH INJURIES;

EID: 74949118013     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2474-10-160     Document Type: Article

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