New is the well-forgotten old: The use of dry cupping in musculoskeletal medicine

Journal of Bodywork and Movement Therapies

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 173-178

  Rozenfeld, Evgeni ^a,b   Kalichman, Leonid ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b Medical Corps IDF ^*  (Israel)

Author keywords

Cupping; Dry cupping; Musculoskeletal pain

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE ANALGESIA; ADVERSE OUTCOME; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ANALGESIA; BIOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS; BIOMECHANICS; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMPLICATION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DRY CUPPING; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; MEDICAL HISTORY; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; NOCICEPTION; PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESS; REVIEW; THERAPY EFFECT; WESTERN MEDICINE; ADVERSE EFFECTS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; HUMANS; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN;

EID: 84958057758     PISSN: 13608592     EISSN: 15329283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbmt.2015.11.009     Document Type: Review

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