A randomised, placebo-controlled trial of manual and electrical acupuncture for the treatment of tinnitus

Complementary Therapies in Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 249-255

  Wang, Kelun ^a,b   Bugge, Jon ^c   Bugge, Sven ^d  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c NOVO NORDISK A S   (Denmark)

^d Sven Bugge Acupuncture Clinic   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Electrical acupuncture; Randomised placebo controlled trial; Tinnitus

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO;

ACUPUNCTURE ANALGESIA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; FEMALE; HEARING; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LOUDNESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; THERAPY EFFECT; TINNITUS; TREATMENT DURATION;

ACUPUNCTURE POINTS; ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TINNITUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78649899919     PISSN: 09652299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ctim.2010.09.005     Document Type: Article

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