Effect of acupressure at the Sanyinjiao point on primary dysmenorrhea: A randomized controlled trial

Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 198-202

  Kashefi, Farzaneh ^a   Ziyadlou, Samaneh ^b   Khajehei, Marjan ^c   Ashraf, Ali Reza ^d   Reza Fadaee, Ali ^e   Jafari, Peyman ^b  

^a NORTH KHORASAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^e ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Acupoint; Acupressure; Menstrual pain; Primary dysmenorrhea; San Yin Jiao

Indexed keywords

ACUPRESSURE; ACUPUNCTURE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSMENORRHEA; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUPRESSURE; ACUPUNCTURE POINTS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DYSMENORRHEA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957323954     PISSN: 17443881     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ctcp.2010.04.003     Document Type: Article

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