Electroacupuncture Is Not Effective in Chronic Painful Neuropathies

Pain Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1819-1823

  Penza, Paola ^a   Bricchi, Monica ^a   Scola, Amalia ^a   Campanella, Angela ^a   Lauria, Giuseppe ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF NEUROSURGERY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Electroacupuncture; Neuropathic Pain; Painful Neuropathy; Peripheral Neuropathy; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DEPRESSION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NEUROPATHY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN INTENSITY; PAIN PARAMETERS; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT DURATION; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 83655167249     PISSN: 15262375     EISSN: 15264637     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-4637.2011.01230.x     Document Type: Article

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