Chinese herbal medicine for chronic neck pain due to cervical degenerative disc disease

Spine

Volumn 35, Issue 24, 2010, Pages 2121-2127

  Trinh, Kien ^a   Cui, Xuejun ^b   Wang, Yong Jun ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY OF TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

cervical degenerative disc disease; complementary medicine; herbs; neck pain; systematic review

Indexed keywords

DICLOFENAC DIETHYLAMINE; EXTRACTUM NUCIS VOMICAE; HERBACEOUS AGENT; HUANGQI; JINGFUKANG; PLACEBO; QISHE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; BLISTER; CERVICAL SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; CERVICOBRACHIAL NEURALGIA; CHINA; CHINESE MEDICINE; CHRONIC PAIN; CINAHL; DATA BASE; DRUG EFFICACY; EMBASE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; JAPAN; LIQUID FECES; MEDLINE; NECK PAIN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; SKIN REDNESS; SOUTH KOREA; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; STOMACH PAIN; SYMPTOM; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; ANALGESICS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; NECK PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78649442469     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3181edfd17     Document Type: Article

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