Acupuncture for treating acute ankle sprains in adults

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2014, Issue 6, 2014, Pages

  Kim, Tae Hun ^a   Lee, Myeong Soo ^b   Kim, Kun Hyung ^c   Kang, Jung Won ^d   Choi, Tae Young ^b   Ernst, Edzard ^e  

^a Gachon University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine (KIOM)   (South Korea)

^c Pusan National University   (South Korea)

^d Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

^e UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHINESE DRUG; PLACEBO;

ACUPRESSURE; ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; ADVERSE EVENT; ANKLE SPRAIN; CHINA; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LASER ACUPUNCTURE; META ANALYSIS; MOXIBUSTION; NEEDLE ACUPUNCTURE; NON-PENETRATING ACUPUNCTURE POINT STIMULATION; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT-REPORTED OUTCOME; PHARMACOACUPUNCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUASI EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RELIABILITY; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SKIN DISEASE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ANKLE INJURIES; PROCEDURES; SPRAINS AND STRAINS;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; ADULT; ANKLE INJURIES; HUMANS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SPRAINS AND STRAINS;

EID: 84930189118     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1469493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD009065.pub2     Document Type: Review

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