Cupping for chronic nonspecific neck pain: A 2-year follow-up

Forschende Komplementarmedizin

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 328-333

  Lauche, Romy ^a   Cramer, Holger ^a   Langhorst, Jost ^a   Dobos, Gustav ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chronic pain; Cupping therapy; Long term follow up; Neck pain

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK PAIN; QUALITY OF LIFE; STANDARD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; CHRONIC PAIN; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK PAIN; QUALITY OF LIFE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84888017223     PISSN: 16614119     EISSN: 16614127     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000355634     Document Type: Article

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