Immediate Analgesia Effect of Single Point Acupuncture in Primary Dysmenorrhea: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Pain Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 300-307

  Liu, Cun Zhi ^a,b   Xie, Jie Ping ^a   Wang, Lin Peng ^b   Zheng, Yuan Yuan ^a   Ma, Zeng Bin ^a   Yang, Huan ^a   Chen, Xu ^a   Shi, Guang Xia ^c   Li, Shi Liang ^d   Zhao, Ji Ping ^a   Han, Jing Xian ^c   Li, Jing Dao ^b   Wang, Yan Xia ^a   Tang, Ling ^a   Xue, Xiao Ou ^a   Li, Min ^d   Wang, Ying ^d   Sun, Ai ping ^d   Xing, Jian Min ^a   Cao, Hui Juan ^a   Zhu, Jiang ^a   Liu, Jian Ping ^a   more..

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

^b BEIJING HOSPITAL OF TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE AFFILIATED TO CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c TIANJIN UNIVERSITY OF TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

^d CHINA JAPAN FRIENDSHIP HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Acupoint; Acupuncture; Pain Intensity; Primary Dysmenorrhea; Randomized Controlled Trial

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE ANALGESIA; ADULT; ARTICLE; DYSMENORRHEA; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SHAM PROCEDURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 79751476558     PISSN: 15262375     EISSN: 15264637     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-4637.2010.01017.x     Document Type: Article

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