Bee venom acupuncture point injection for central post stroke pain: A preliminary single-blind randomized controlled trial

Complementary Therapies in Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 155-157

  Cho, Seung Yeon ^a   Park, Joo Young ^a   Jung, Woo Sang ^a   Moon, Sang Kwan ^a   Park, Jung Mi ^a   Ko, Chang Nam ^a   Park, Seong Uk ^a  

^a Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Apipuncture; Bee venom; CPSP; Post stroke; Stroke

Indexed keywords

BEE VENOM;

ACUPUNCTURE; ANALGESIA; APIPUNCTURE; ARTICLE; CENTRAL POST STROKE PAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ACUPUNCTURE POINTS; ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; APITHERAPY; BEE VENOMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; MALE; PAIN; PILOT PROJECTS; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; STROKE;

EID: 84877156101     PISSN: 09652299     EISSN: 18736963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ctim.2013.02.001     Document Type: Article

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