The benefit of a mechanical needle stimulation pad in patients with chronic neck and lower back pain: Two randomized controlled pilot studies

Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 2012, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Hohmann, Claudia ^a   Ullrich, Isabella ^a   Lauche, Romy ^a   Choi, Kyung Eun ^a   Lüdtke, Rainer ^b   Rolke, Roman ^c   Cramer, Holger ^a   Saha, Felix Joyonto ^a   Rampp, Thomas ^a   Michalsen, Andreas ^d   Langhorst, Jost ^a   Dobos, Gustav ^a   Musial, Frauke ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^b Karl und Veronica Carstens Foundation   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^d CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; NECK PAIN; NEEDLE; NORTHWICK PARK NECK PAIN QUESTIONNAIRE; NUMERICAL RATING SCALE; OSWESTRY DISABILITY INDEX; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; VERTEBRA;

EID: 84867825890     PISSN: 1741427X     EISSN: 17414288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2012/753583     Document Type: Article

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