Acupuncture for rheumatic conditions: An overview of systematic reviews

Rheumatology

Volumn 49, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1957-1961

  Ernst, Edzard ^a   Lee, Myeong Soo ^a,b  

^a PENINSULA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine (KIOM)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Effectiveness; Evidence; Rheumatology; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DATA BASE; FROZEN SHOULDER; HUMAN; ISCHIALGIA; LOW BACK PAIN; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; NECK PAIN; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SHOULDER PAIN; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; HUMANS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC; RHEUMATIC DISEASES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77956830339     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: 14620332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/keq180     Document Type: Article

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