Acupressure for primary dysmenorrhoea: A systematic review

Complementary Therapies in Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 49-56

  Cho, Seung Hun ^a   Hwang, Eui Whan ^a  

^a Kyung Hee University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Acupressure; Primary dysmenorrhoea; Randomised controlled trials; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

ACUPRESSURE; ANXIETY; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSMENORRHEA; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; QUALITY CONTROL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RASH; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; SHAM PROCEDURE; SKIN IRRITATION; SKIN REDNESS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TAIWAN; UNITED STATES;

ACUPRESSURE; DYSMENORRHEA; FEMALE; HUMANS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 76749143571     PISSN: 09652299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ctim.2009.10.001     Document Type: Review

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