Lifestyle Advice and Self-Care Integral to Acupuncture Treatment for Patients with Chronic Neck Pain: Secondary Analysis of Outcomes Within a Randomized Controlled Trial

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 180-187

  MacPherson, Hugh ^a   Elliot, Ben ^b   Hopton, Ann ^a   Lansdown, Harriet ^a   Birch, Stephen ^c   Hewitt, Catherine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b Northern College of Acupuncture   (United Kingdom)

^c KRISTIANIA UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Norway)

Author keywords

Acupuncture therapy; Chronic neck pain; Lifestyle advice; Self care; Traditional East Asian medicine

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ALEXANDER TECHNIQUE; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; DISABILITY; EXERCISE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LEISURE; LIFE; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NECK PAIN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REST; SECONDARY ANALYSIS; SELF CARE; SELF CONCEPT; WORK; CLINICAL TRIAL; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONSHIP;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; CHRONIC PAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; NECK PAIN; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; SELF CARE;

EID: 85015364616     PISSN: 10755535     EISSN: 15577708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/acm.2016.0303     Document Type: Article

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