Comparison of the effectiveness of acupuncture treatment and local anaesthetic injection for low back pain: A randomised controlled clinical trial

Acupuncture in Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 174-177

  Inoue, Motohiro ^a   Hojo, Tatsuya ^b   Nakajima, Miwa ^a   Kitakoji, Hiroshi ^a   Itoi, Megumi ^a  

^a MEIJI UNIVERSITY OF INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b DOSHISHA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ACUPUNCTURE; ACUPUNCTURE ANALGESIA; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUPUNCTURE ANALGESIA; ACUPUNCTURE POINTS; ADULT; ANESTHESIA, LOCAL; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RESEARCH DESIGN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77956248881     PISSN: 09645284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/aim.2009.001164     Document Type: Article

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