The effectiveness of acupuncture research across components of the trauma spectrum response (tsr): A systematic review of reviews

Systematic Reviews

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Lee, Courtney ^a   Crawford, Cindy ^a   Wallerstedt, Dawn ^a   York, Alexandra ^a   Duncan, Alaine ^b   Smith, Jennifer ^a   Sprengel, Meredith ^a   Welton, Richard ^a   Jonas, Wayne ^a  

^a SAMUELI INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Integrative Healing   (United States)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Rapid evidence assessment of the literature (REAL ); Systematic review of reviews; Trauma Spectrum Response

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; COGNITION; DEPRESSION; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; FATIGUE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOTRAUMA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SAFETY; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SLEEP DISORDER; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW; SOLDIER;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; COMBAT DISORDERS; HUMANS; MILITARY PERSONNEL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84876166452     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20464053     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2046-4053-1-46     Document Type: Article

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