Pain reduction of acupoint electrical stimulation for patients with spinal surgery: A placebo-controlled study

International Journal of Nursing Studies

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 703-709

  Yeh, Mei Ling ^a   Chung, Yu Chu ^b   Chen, Kang Min ^c   Chen, Hsing Hsia ^d  

^a NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY OF NURSING AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^b YUANPEI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d CHUNG YUAN CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Acupoint electrical stimulation; Patient controlled analgesia; Placebo effect; Postpositive pain

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO;

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SPINE DISEASE;

AGED; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PLACEBOS; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; SPINAL DISEASES;

EID: 79957919902     PISSN: 00207489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2010.10.009     Document Type: Article

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