Neck pain treatment with acupuncture: Does the number of needles matter?

Clinical Journal of Pain

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 807-812

  Ceccherelli, Francesco ^a,b   Gioioso, Luigi ^b,c   Casale, Roberto ^b,d   Gagliardi, Giuseppe ^a,b   Ori, Carlo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b Associazione Italiana per la Ricerca e l'Aggiornamento Scientifico   (Italy)

^c Section of Anesthesia and Intensive Care   (Italy)

^d IRCCS   (Italy)

Author keywords

acupuncture; blind; controlled study; neck pain; needle; number; randomized

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MCGILL PAIN QUESTIONNAIRE; MYOFASCIAL PAIN; NECK PAIN; NEEDLE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULATION; THERAPY EFFECT; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 77958514633     PISSN: 07498047     EISSN: 15365409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AJP.0b013e3181e375c9     Document Type: Article

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