Should physiotherapists use acupuncture for treating patients with cancer-induced bone pain? A discussion paper

Physiotherapy

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 256-263

  Paley, Carole A ^a,b   Johnson, Mark I ^b   Bennett, Michael I ^c  

^a Airedale NHS Trust   (United Kingdom)

^b LEEDS METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Bone; Cancer; Metastases; Pain

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ALLODYNIA; ANALGESIA; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; BLOOD FLOW; BONE PAIN; CANCER PAIN; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; HYPERALGESIA; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LYMPHEDEMA; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESS; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REACTOR SAFETY; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; RISK MANAGEMENT; SPINE INSTABILITY; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ACUPUNCTURE ANALGESIA; BONE AND BONES; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PAIN; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 79960985347     PISSN: 00319406     EISSN: 18731465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physio.2010.08.008     Document Type: Note

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