Assessment of a traditional acupuncture therapy for chronic neck pain: A pilot randomised controlled study

Complementary Therapies in Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2011, Pages

  Liang, Zhaohui ^a,b   Zhu, Xiaoping ^a,b   Yang, Xiaobo ^a,b   Fu, Wenbin ^a   Lu, Aiping ^b  

^a GUANGDONG PROVINCIAL HOSPITAL OF CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

^b Guangdong Provincial Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Chronic neck pain; Efficacy assessment; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO;

ACUPUNCTURE ANALGESIA; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NECK PAIN; NORTHWICK PARK NECK PAIN QUESTIONNAIRE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PILOT STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SHORT FORM 36; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SYMPTOM; THERAPY EFFECT; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; NECK PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PILOT PROJECTS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78650676890     PISSN: 09652299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ctim.2010.11.005     Document Type: Article

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