German Randomized Acupuncture Trial for chronic shoulder pain (GRASP) - A pragmatic, controlled, patient-blinded, multi-centre trial in an outpatient care environment

Pain

Volumn 151, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 146-154

  Molsberger, Albrecht F ^a   Schneider, Thomas ^b   Gotthardt, Hermann ^c   Drabik, Attyla ^d,e  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^c Klinik Porta Westfalica   (Germany)

^d HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Complementary medicine; Conservative treatment; Pain management; Randomised clinical trial; RCT; Shoulder pain

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CHRONIC SHOULDER PAIN; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSERVATIVE ORTHOPEDIC TREATMENT; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; JOINT MOBILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SHAM PROCEDURE; SHOULDER; SHOULDER PAIN; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; TREATMENT DURATION;

ACUPUNCTURE POINTS; ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DICLOFENAC; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; MANIPULATION, ORTHOPEDIC; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; SHOULDER PAIN; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79951581475     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2010.06.036     Document Type: Article

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