Acupuncture for dysmenorrhoea

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2016, Issue 4, 2016, Pages

  Smith, Caroline A ^a   Armour, Mike ^a   Zhu, Xiaoshu ^a   Li, Xun ^b   Lu, Zhi Yong ^c   Song, Jing ^d  

^a WESTERN SYDNEY UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d Campbelltown Hospital   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; PLACEBO;

ACUPRESSURE; ACUPUNCTURE; ADVERSE DRUG REACTION; CINAHL; COCHRANE LIBRARY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DATA BASE; DATA EXTRACTION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSMENORRHEA; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MEDLINE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MENTAL HEALTH; PAIN; PREMENSTRUAL SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCINFO; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOCIAL STATUS; STATISTICAL BIAS; STUDY DESIGN; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; META ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; YOUNG ADULT;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; DYSMENORRHEA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84963686135     PISSN: 14651858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD007854.pub3     Document Type: Review

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