Factors associated with conflicting findings on acupuncture for tension-type headache: Qualitative and quantitative analyses

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 285-297

  Hao, Xinyu ^a   Xue, Charlie Changli ^a   Dong, Lin ^a   Zheng, Zhen ^a  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ACUPUNCTURE NEEDLE; HUMAN; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; STIMULATION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TENSION HEADACHE;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; HUMANS; NEEDLES; RESEARCH DESIGN; TENSION-TYPE HEADACHE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84876380800     PISSN: 10755535     EISSN: 15577708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/acm.2011.0914     Document Type: Review

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