Auricular acupressure for pain relief in adolescents with dysmenorrhea: A placebo-controlled study

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 313-318

  Yeh, Mei Ling ^a   Hung, Yu Ling ^b   Chen, Hsing Hsia ^c   Wang, Yu Jen ^a,d  

^a NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY OF NURSING AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^b Taipei First Girls' High School   (Taiwan)

^c CHUNG YUAN CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO;

ACUPRESSURE; ADOLESCENT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; AURICULAR ACUPRESSURE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSMENORRHEA; FEMALE; GENITAL SYSTEM; HUMAN; KIDNEY; LIVER; MCGILL PAIN QUESTIONNAIRE; MENARCHE; MENSTRUAL DISTRESS QUESTIONNAIRE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SHAM PROCEDURE; SHENMEN; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; TAIWAN; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ACUPRESSURE; ACUPUNCTURE POINTS; ADOLESCENT; DYSMENORRHEA; EAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; PAIN MANAGEMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD;

EID: 84876350644     PISSN: 10755535     EISSN: 15577708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/acm.2011.0665     Document Type: Article

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