Acupuncture in the treatment of pain in temporomandibular disorders: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

Clinical Journal of Pain

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 541-550

  La Touche, Roy ^a,b   Goddard, Greg ^c   De La Hoz, José Luis ^a   Wang, Kelun ^d,e   Paris Alemany, Alba ^a,b   Angulo Díaz Parreño, Santiago ^a   Mesa, Juan ^a   Hernández, Mar ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD SAN PABLO CEU   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD EUROPEA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Orofacial Pain Laboratory Center for Sensory Motor Interaction   (United States)

^e AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

acupuncture; meta analysis; orofacial pain; randomized controlled trial; review; temporomandibular disorders

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ANALGESIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DATA BASE; HUMAN; JAW DISEASE; MASTICATION; META ANALYSIS; MYOFASCIAL PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUALITY CONTROL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; COMPLICATION; FACTUAL DATABASE; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT DISORDER; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; DATABASES, FACTUAL; HUMANS; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; PAIN; PAIN MANAGEMENT; PAIN MEASUREMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT DISORDERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77953896440     PISSN: 07498047     EISSN: 15365409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AJP.0b013e3181e2697e     Document Type: Review

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