Efficacy of Acupuncture for Acute Migraine Attack: A Multicenter Single Blinded, Randomized Controlled Trial

Pain Medicine (United States)

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 623-630

  Wang, Lin Peng ^a   Zhang, Xiao Zhe ^b   Guo, Jia ^c   Liu, Hui Lin ^a   Zhang, Yan ^d   Liu, Cun Zhi ^a   Yi, Jing Hong ^a   Wang, Li Ping ^e   Zhao, Ji Ping ^e   Li, Shan Shan ^a  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY THIRD HOSPITAL   (China)

^d IQVIA   (United States)

^e BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Acute Treatment; Migraine

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJECTION SITE BLEEDING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRAINE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SHAM PROCEDURE; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; TREATMENT FAILURE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 84861226155     PISSN: 15262375     EISSN: 15264637     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-4637.2012.01376.x     Document Type: Article

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