Complementary treatment in fibromyalgia: Combination of somatic and abdominal acupuncture

Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology

Volumn 30, Issue SUPPL.74, 2012, Pages

  Iannuccelli, Cristina ^a   Mannocci, Franca ^a   Guzzo, Maria Paola ^a   Olivieri, Marta ^a   Gerardi, Maria Chiara ^a   Atzeni, Fabiola ^b   Sarzi Puttini, Piercarlo ^b   Valesini, Guido ^a   Di Franco, Manuela ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Complementary treatment; Fibromyalgia

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL ACUPUNCTURE; ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HEALTH ASSESSMENT QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMATIC ACUPUNCTURE; TENDER POINT; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WELLBEING; ZUNG SELF RATING DEPRESSION SCALE; CHRONIC PAIN; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIGGER POINT;

ACUPUNCTURE POINTS; ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; CHRONIC PAIN; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIGGER POINTS;

EID: 84874999842     PISSN: 0392856X     EISSN: 1593098X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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