Acupuncture for episodic tension-type headache: A multicentre randomized controlled trial

Cephalalgia

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 632-637

  White, A R ^a   Resch, K L ^b   Chan, J C K ^c   Norris, C D ^c   Modi, S K ^c   Patel, J N ^c   Ernst, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b Forschungsinstitut fur Balneologie und Kurortwissenschaft   (Germany)

^c UCL Hospitals NHS Trust   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Alternative medicine; Clinical trial; Headache

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PROPHYLAXIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TENSION HEADACHE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; TENSION-TYPE HEADACHE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84924720644     PISSN: 03331024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1468-2982.2000.00097.x     Document Type: Article

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