Acupuncture Reduces Pain and Autonomic Distress during Injection of Local Anesthetic in Children: A Pragmatic Crossover Investigation

Clinical Journal of Pain

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 82-86

  Usichenko, Taras I ^a   Wolters, Patrick ^a   Anders, Eric F ^b   Splieth, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICINE GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^b DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

acupuncture; crossover investigation; local anesthetic; pain; pediatric dentistry

Indexed keywords

ARTICAINE; LIDOCAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ACUPUNCTURE; ACUPUNCTURE NEEDLE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC DISTRESS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DENTAL PROCEDURE; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FACES PAIN SCALE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MALE; MASSAGE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN INTENSITY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESTLESSNESS; VERBAL RATING SCALE; ACUTE PAIN; ADVERSE EFFECTS; NEEDLE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUPUNCTURE POINTS; ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; ACUTE PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DENTAL CARE FOR CHILDREN; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; NEEDLES; PAIN MANAGEMENT; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84951734420     PISSN: 07498047     EISSN: 15365409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AJP.0000000000000222     Document Type: Article

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