Manual and Electrical Needle Stimulation in Acupuncture Research: Pitfalls and Challenges of Heterogeneity

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 113-128

  Langevin, Helene M ^a   Schnyer, Rosa ^b   MacPherson, Hugh ^c   Davis, Robert ^d   Harris, Richard E ^e   Napadow, Vitaly ^f   Wayne, Peter M ^a   Milley, Ryan J ^g   Lao, Lixing ^h   Stener Victorin, Elisabet ⁱ   Kong, Jiang Ti ^j   Hammerschlag, Richard ^g  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^d Stromatec   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^f MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^g OREGON COLLEGE OF ORIENTAL MEDICINE   (United States)

^h THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

ⁱ KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^j STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ACUPUNCTURE NEEDLE; ARTICLE; BASIC RESEARCH; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); DEPRESSION; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEUKOPENIA; MEDICAL RESEARCH; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); OBESITY; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING CESSATION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); FEMALE; MALE;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 84924764862     PISSN: 10755535     EISSN: 15577708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/acm.2014.0186     Document Type: Article

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