Effect of acupuncture on Deqi traits and pain intensity in primary dysmenorrhea: Analysis of data from a larger randomized controlled trial

BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Shi, Guang Xia ^a   Li, Qian Qian ^a   Liu, Cun Zhi ^a   Zhu, Jiang ^b   Wang, Lin Peng ^a   Wang, Jing ^a   Han, Li Li ^c   Guan, Li Ping ^c   Wu, Meng Meng ^c  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

^c FIRST TEACHING HOSPITAL OF TIANJIN UNIVERSITY OF TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Deqi traits; Pain intensity; Primary dysmenorrhea

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; CHINESE MEDICINE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSMENORRHEA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SENSATION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; YOUNG ADULT;

ACUPUNCTURE POINTS; ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; ADULT; DYSMENORRHEA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; QI; SENSATION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84894467318     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6882-14-69     Document Type: Article

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