Developing an acupuncture protocol for treating phantom limb pain: A Delphi consensus study

Acupuncture in Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 42-50

  Trevelyan, Esmé G ^a   Turner, Warren A ^a   Robinson, Nicola ^a  

^a LONDON SOUTH BANK UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; CHINESE MEDICINE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONSENSUS; DELPHI STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MIDDLE AGED; PHANTOM LIMB;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; ADULT; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; CONSENSUS; DELPHI TECHNIQUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICINE, CHINESE TRADITIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; PHANTOM LIMB;

EID: 84922207993     PISSN: 09645284     EISSN: 17599873     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/acupmed-2014-010668     Document Type: Article

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