Treatment expectations and preferences as predictors of outcome of acupuncture for chronic back pain

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Volumn 35, Issue 15, 2010, Pages 1471-1477

  Sherman, Karen J ^a   Cherkin, Daniel C ^a   Ichikawa, Laura ^a   Avins, Andrew L ^b   Delaney, Kristin ^a   Barlow, William E ^a,c   Khalsa, Partap S ^d   Deyo, Richard A ^e  

^a CENTER FOR HEALTH STUDIES   (United States)

^b DIVISION OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^c Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^e OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Chronic low back pain; Patient expectations; Patient preferences

Indexed keywords

NARCOTIC AGENT;

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CHIROPRACTIC; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; EXPECTATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASSAGE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; YOGA; CHRONIC DISEASE; LOW BACK PAIN; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77954887364     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3181c2a8d3     Document Type: Article

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