Pain management in lumbago: Role of acupuncture in addition to local steroid infiltration at trigger points

JPMI - Journal of Postgraduate Medical Institute

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 141-145

  Bokhari, Syed Zahid Hussain ^a   Zahid, Samina ^a  

^a Dabgari Gardens and Khyber Girls Medical College   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Lumbago; Steroids injection; Trigger spots

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956119226     PISSN: 10135472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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