A randomized controlled trial of a multifaceted integrated complementary-alternative therapy for chronic herpes zoster-related pain

Alternative Medicine Review

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 57-68

  Hui, Fred ^a   Boyle, Eleanor ^b   Vayda, Eugene ^c   Glazier, Richard H ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^e INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Alternative medicine; Bleeding; Complementary therapies; Cupping; Herpes zoster; Neural therapy; Postherpetic neuralgia; Randomized controlled trial; Shingles; TCM; Traditional Chinese medicine

Indexed keywords

HERBACEOUS AGENT; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; LONG DAN XIE GAN WAN; PROCAINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; YUN NAN BAI YAO; ZHI BAI DI HUANG WAN;

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CANADA; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DERMATOME; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HERBAL MEDICINE; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTHERPETIC NEURALGIA; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SHORT FORM 36; SKIN; SUCTION; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; ANALGESIA; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; HOSPITALIZATION; INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PHLEBOTOMY; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIA, LOCAL; BLOODLETTING; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; FEMALE; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMANS; INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURALGIA, POSTHERPETIC; PAIN MANAGEMENT; PAIN MEASUREMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84861499988     PISSN: 10895159     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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