A randomized controlled trial of single point acupuncture in primary dysmenorrhea

Pain Medicine (United States)

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 910-920

  Liu, Cun Zhi ^a,b   Xie, Jie Ping ^a   Wang, Lin Peng ^b   Liu, Yu Qi ^a   Song, Jia Shan ^a   Chen, Yin Ying ^a   Shi, Guang Xia ^b   Zhou, Wei ^a   Gao, Shu Zhong ^c   Li, Shi Liang ^d   Xing, Jian Min ^a   Ma, Liang Xiao ^a   Wang, Yan Xia ^a   Zhu, Jiang ^a   Liu, Jian Ping ^a  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

^b BEIJING HOSPITAL OF TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE AFFILIATED TO CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c SHANDONG UNIVERSITY OF TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

^d CHINA JAPAN FRIENDSHIP HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Acute Pain; Pain Management

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANALGESIC AGENT;

7 POINT VERBAL RATING SCALE; ACUPUNCTURE ANALGESIA; ACUPUNCTURE NEEDLE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINA; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DYSMENORRHEA; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; ELECTRODE; FAINTNESS; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NERVE STIMULATOR; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTCOME VARIABLE; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; RSS COX SCALE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; ACUPUNCTURE; ANALGESIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROCEDURES; YOUNG ADULT;

ACUPUNCTURE POINTS; ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; ADULT; CHINA; DYSMENORRHEA; FEMALE; HUMANS; PAIN MANAGEMENT; PAIN MEASUREMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84903269127     PISSN: 15262375     EISSN: 15264637     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pme.12392     Document Type: Article

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