Complementary Medicine in Chronic Pain Treatment

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinics of North America

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 321-347

  Simpson, Charles A ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic pain; Complementary and alternative medicine; Evidence based medicine; Therapies

Indexed keywords

NUTRACEUTICAL;

ACUPUNCTURE; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; AYURVEDA; BIOFEEDBACK THERAPY; BODY AWARENESS THERAPY; BREATH PATTERN RETRAINING; CANCER PAIN; CHRONIC PAIN; CRANIOSACRAL THERAPY; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FIBROMYALGIA; HEADACHE; HOMEOPATHY; HUMAN; HYPNOSIS; IMAGERY; INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE; LOW BACK PAIN; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; MASSAGE; MEDITATION; ORIENTAL MEDICINE; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLOTHERAPY; PUBLISHING; REIKI; REVIEW; STUDY DESIGN; TRIGGER POINT; ANALGESIA;

CHRONIC PAIN; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; PAIN MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84929304903     PISSN: 10479651     EISSN: 15581381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pmr.2014.12.005     Document Type: Review

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