Effects of acupuncture to treat fibromyalgia: A preliminary randomised controlled trial

Chinese Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Itoh, Kazunori ^a   Kitakoji, Hiroshi ^a  

^a MEIJI UNIVERSITY OF INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMAN; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 79960375730     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17498546     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1749-8546-5-11     Document Type: Article

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