Validation of a sham acupuncture procedure in a randomised, controlled clinical trial of chronic pelvic pain treatment

Acupuncture in Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 40-46

  Lee, Shaun Wen Huey ^a   Liong, Men Long ^b   Yuen, Kah Hay ^a   Leong, Wing Seng ^b   Khan, Nurzalina Karim ^a   Krieger, John N ^c  

^a SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

^b Lam Wah Ee Hospital   (Malaysia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PROSTATITIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALIDATION STUDY;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PELVIC PAIN; PROSTATITIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79955000172     PISSN: 09645284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/aim.2010.003137     Document Type: Article

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