Individual patient data meta-analysis of acupuncture for chronic pain: Protocol of the Acupuncture Trialists' Collaboration

Trials

Volumn 11, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Vickers, Andrew J ^a   Cronin, Angel M ^b   Maschino, Alexandra C ^a   Lewith, George ^c   Macpherson, Hugh ^d   Victor, Norbert ^e   Sherman, Karen J ^f   Witt, Claudia ^g   Linde, Klaus ^h  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^f CENTER FOR HEALTH STUDIES   (United States)

^g CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^h TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL TRIAL; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; MIGRAINE; NECK PAIN; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PUBLICATION; QUALITY CONTROL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SHAM PROCEDURE; SHOULDER PAIN; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TENSION HEADACHE; ACUPUNCTURE ANALGESIA; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); EPIDEMIOLOGY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; METHODOLOGY; PAIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUPUNCTURE ANALGESIA; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; RESEARCH DESIGN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77957811664     PISSN: 17456215     EISSN: 17456215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1745-6215-11-90     Document Type: Article

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