Acupuncture for chronic low back pain: Protocol for a multicenter, randomized, sham-controlled trial

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

Volumn 11, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Lee, Jun Hwan ^a   Park, Hi Joon ^a   Lee, Hyangsook ^a   Shin, Im Hee ^b   Song, Mi Yeon ^a  

^a Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

^b Catholic University of Daegu   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BOTHERSOMENESS; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCREENING TEST; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; ACUPUNCTURE ANALGESIA; ADOLESCENT; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; FEMALE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT SELECTION; QUESTIONNAIRE;

PLACEBO;

ACUPUNCTURE ANALGESIA; ACUPUNCTURE POINTS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATIENT SELECTION; PLACEBOS; QUESTIONNAIRES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954367660     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2474-11-118     Document Type: Article

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