Low-level laser therapy for neck pain

The Lancet

Volumn 375, Issue 9716, 2010, Pages 721-722

  Shiri, Rahman ^a   Viikari Juntura, Eira ^a  

^a FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; LETTER; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; NECK PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; META ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; NOTE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; SAMPLE SIZE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY, LOW-LEVEL; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; NECK PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; SAMPLE SIZE;

EID: 77249106597     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(10)60297-8     Document Type: Letter

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