Evaluation of wet-cupping therapy for persistent non-specific low back pain: A randomised, waiting-list controlled, open-label, parallel-group pilot trial

Trials

Volumn 12, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Kim, Jong In ^a,b   Kim, Tae Hun ^a,b   Lee, Myeong S ^a   Kang, Jung W ^a,b   Kim, Kun H ^a,b   Choi, Jun Yong ^a,c   Kang, Kyung Won ^a   Kim, Ae Ran ^a   Shin, Mi Suk ^a   Jung, So Young ^a   Choi, Sun Mi ^a  

^a Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine (KIOM)   (South Korea)

^b Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

^c Pusan National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PARACETAMOL; ANALGESIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; KOREAN MEDICINE; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MCGILL PAIN QUESTIONNAIRE; OSWESTRY DISABILITY INDEX; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PILOT STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; WET CUPPING THERAPY; ACUPUNCTURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DISABILITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOUTH KOREA; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACETAMINOPHEN; ACUPUNCTURE POINTS; ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; ADULT; ANALGESICS, NON-NARCOTIC; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PILOT PROJECTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 79958129524     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17456215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1745-6215-12-146     Document Type: Article

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