Bee venom acupuncture, NSAIDs or combined treatment for chronic neck pain: Study protocol for a randomized, assessor-blind trial

Trials

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Seo, Byung Kwan ^a   Lee, Jun Hwan ^b   Kim, Pil Kun ^a   Baek, Yong Hyeon ^a   Jo, Dae Jean ^a   Lee, Sanghun ^b  

^a Kyung Hee University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine (KIOM)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Bee venom acupuncture; Chronic neck pain; Combined treatment; NSAIDs

Indexed keywords

BEE VENOM; LOXOPROFEN;

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEE VENOM ACUPUNCTURE; BOTHERSOMENESS; CHRONIC NECK PAIN; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NECK DISABILITY INDEX; NECK PAIN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SHORT FORM 36; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; TREATMENT DURATION; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; BEE VENOMS; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PHENYLPROPIONATES; PILOT PROJECTS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH DESIGN; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84899920126     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17456215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1745-6215-15-132     Document Type: Article

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