Acupuncture in children and adolescents with bronchial asthma: A randomised controlled study

Complementary Therapies in Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 239-246

  Scheewe, S ^a   Vogt, L ^b   Minakawa, S ^b   Eichmann, D ^a   Welle, S ^a   Stachow, R ^a   Banzer, W ^b  

^a Sylt Special Hospital for Children and Adolescents   (Germany)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Asthma; Children; In patient rehabilitation; Randomised controlled trial

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MALE; MILD PERSISTENT ASTHMA; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEVERE PERSISTENT ASTHMA; STATE TRAIT ANXIETY INVENTORY; THERAPY EFFECT;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; ASTHMA; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CHILD; CLIMATE; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY FLOW RATES; HUMANS; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPORTS;

EID: 80053132535     PISSN: 09652299     EISSN: 18736963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ctim.2011.07.002     Document Type: Article

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