The effect of traditional cupping on pain and mechanical thresholds in patients with chronic nonspecific neck pain: A randomised controlled pilot study

Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 2012, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Lauche, Romy ^a   Cramer, Holger ^a   Hohmann, Claudia ^a   Choi, Kyung Eun ^a   Rampp, Thomas ^a   Saha, Felix Joyonto ^a   Musial, Frauke ^b   Langhorst, Jost ^a   Dobos, Gustav ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC NONSPECIFIC NECK PAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUPPING; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; NECK PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; VIBRATION;

EID: 84855611205     PISSN: 1741427X     EISSN: 17414288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2012/429718     Document Type: Article

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