Acupuncture for low back pain: An overview of systematic reviews

Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 2015, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Liu, Lizhou ^a   Skinner, Margot ^a   McDonough, Suzanne ^b   Mabire, Leon ^a   Baxter, George David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ANALGESIA; CHRONIC PAIN; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; META ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SHAM PROCEDURE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC);

EID: 84925438436     PISSN: 1741427X     EISSN: 17414288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2015/328196     Document Type: Review

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