Acupuncture with manual and low frequency electrical stimulation as experienced by women with polycystic ovary syndrome: A qualitative study

BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Billhult, Annika ^a   Stener Victorin, Elisabet ^b,c  

^a Research and Development Center Södra Älvsborg   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c HEILONGJIANG UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DATA ANALYSIS; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESPONSIBILITY; SWEDEN; WELLBEING; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; EMOTION; HYPERANDROGENISM; INTERVIEW; MENSTRUATION; METHODOLOGY; OVULATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERANDROGENISM; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MENSTRUATION; OVULATION; POLYCYSTIC OVARY SYNDROME; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SWEDEN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84859189795     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6882-12-32     Document Type: Article

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