Complementary therapies for fibromyalgia syndrome - A rational approach topical collection on fibromyalgia

Current Pain and Headache Reports

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2013, Pages

  Saad, Marcelo ^a   De Medeiros, Roberta ^b  

^a Medical College of Acupuncture of São Paulo   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Alternative medicine; Alternative therapies; Chronic pain; Complementary medicine; Complementary therapies; Fibromyalgia; Integrative medicine; Therapeutics

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; BALNEOTHERAPY; BREATHING EXERCISE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FIBROMYALGIA; GUIDED IMAGERY; HERBAL MEDICINE; HOMEOPATHY; HUMAN; HYPNOSIS; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; MEDITATION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PHYSICAL MEDICINE; QIGONG; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REIKI; TAI CHI; YOGA; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; MALE; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYNDROME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; PSYCHOLOGY;

COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMANS; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYNDROME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84883231737     PISSN: 15313433     EISSN: 15343081     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11916-013-0354-7     Document Type: Article

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