Acupuncture by another name: Dry needling in Australia

Australian Journal of Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 3-11

  Janz, Stephen ^a,b   Adams, Jon ^c  

^a Kenmore Centre for Health   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Australia; Dry needling; Education standards; Myofascial acupuncture; Physiotherapy; Regulation; Serious risk; Trigger point acupuncture

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857591556     PISSN: 18339735     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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