Treatment of phantom limb pain with laser and needle auricular acupuncture: A case report

Medical Acupuncture

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 57-60

  Jacobs, Michael Bradley ^a   Niemtzow, Richard C ^b,c  

^a WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c Malcolm Grow Medical Center ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Amputees; Auricular Acupuncture; Phantom Limb Pain

Indexed keywords

CLONAZEPAM; MEMANTINE; METHADONE; OXYCODONE; PREGABALIN;

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; AGNOSIA; ARMY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CINGULATE GYRUS; COMPRESSION BANDAGE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEVICE; EAR; FALLING; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LEG AMPUTATION; LEG PAIN; LIGHT; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MALE; MASSAGE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; OUTPATIENT; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE;

EID: 79952942748     PISSN: 19336586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/acu.2010.0785     Document Type: Article

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