Acupuncture for irritable bowel syndrome: 2-year follow-up of a randomised controlled trial

Acupuncture in Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 17-23

  MacPherson, Hugh ^a   Tilbrook, Helen ^a   Agbedjro, Deborah ^b   Buckley, Hannah ^a   Hewitt, Catherine ^a   Frost, Chris ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; GASTROENTEROLOGY); PRIMARY CARE

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; ADULT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84961817071     PISSN: 09645284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/acupmed-2015-010854     Document Type: Article

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