The influence of a series of five dry cupping treatments on pain and mechanical thresholds in patients with chronic non-specific neck pain - a randomised controlled pilot study

BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Lauche, Romy ^a   Cramer, Holger ^a   Choi, Kyung Eun ^a   Rampp, Thomas ^a   Saha, Felix J ^a   Dobos, Gustav J ^a   Musial, Frauke ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRY CUPPING THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MECHANICAL DETECTION THRESHOLD; NECK DISABILITY INDEX; NECK PAIN; NUMERIC RATING SCALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PHYSICAL MEDICINE; PILOT STUDY; PRESSURE PAIN THRESHOLD; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; SELF REPORT; SHORT FORM 36; VIBRATION DETECTION THRESHOLD; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; HEALTH STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; PAIN ASSESSMENT; SENSATION;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; NECK PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PILOT PROJECTS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF REPORT; SENSATION;

EID: 80051602102     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6882-11-63     Document Type: Article

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