Randomized trial of trigger point acupuncture treatment for chronic shoulder pain: A preliminary study

JAMS Journal of Acupuncture and Meridian Studies

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 59-64

  Itoh, Kazunori ^a   Saito, Shingo ^a   Sahara, Shunsaku ^a   Naitoh, Yuki ^a   Imai, Kenji ^a   Kitakoji, Hiroshi ^a  

^a MEIJI UNIVERSITY OF INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Chronic shoulder pain; Stiff shoulder; Trigger point

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ACUPUNCTURE NEEDLE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSTANT MURLEY (SCORE); CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HUMAN; JOINT FUNCTION; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SHOULDER; SHOULDER FUNCTION; SHOULDER PAIN; TRIGGER POINT; TRIGGER POINT ACUPUNCTURE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; ANALGESIA; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUPUNCTURE POINTS; ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC PAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MANAGEMENT; PAIN MEASUREMENT; SHOULDER; SHOULDER PAIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84899116742     PISSN: 20052901     EISSN: 20938152     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jams.2013.02.002     Document Type: Article

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