The use of wet cupping for persistent nonspecific low back pain: Randomized controlled clinical trial

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 504-508

  AlBedah, Abdullah ^a   Khalil, Mohamed ^a   Elolemy, Ahmed ^a,b   Hussein, Asim A ^a   Alqaed, Meshari ^a   Al Mudaiheem, Abdullah ^a   Abutalib, Raid A ^c   Bazaid, Faisal Mohamed ^d   Bafail, Ahmad Saeed ^d   Essa, AboBakr ^e   Bakrain, Mohammed Yahia ^d  

^a Ministry of Health ^*  (Saudi Arabia)

^b TANTA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c IMAM ABDULRAHMAN BIN FAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^d KING FAHAD GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

^e Ministry of Health   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PARACETAMOL;

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MCGILL PRESENT PAIN INTENSITY; NUMERIC RATING SCALE; OPEN STUDY; OSWESTRY DISABILITY INDEX; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PARALLEL DESIGN; PERSISTENT NONSPECIFIC LOW BACK PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; SAUDI ARABIA; SECONDARY CARE CENTER; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WET CUPPING THERAPY; BLOODLETTING; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROCEDURES; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ACUPUNCTURE POINTS; ADULT; BLOODLETTING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; SAUDI ARABIA; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84938312650     PISSN: 10755535     EISSN: 15577708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/acm.2015.0065     Document Type: Article

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