Acupuncture clinical pain trial in a military medical center: Outcomes

Medical Acupuncture

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 255-261

  Niemtzow, Richard C ^a,d   Burns, Stephen M ^a   Cooper, Jared ^b   Libretto, Salvatore ^b   Walter, Joan A G ^b   Baxter, John ^c  

^a Malcolm Grow Medical Center ^*  (United States)

^b SAMUELI INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c ARMED FORCES INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Auriculotherapy; Electroacupuncture; Military medical center; Military patients; Pain; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ACUPUNCTURE ANALGESIA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILITARY MEDICINE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77953458356     PISSN: 19336586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/acu.2008.0594     Document Type: Article

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