Acupuncture and acupressure for premenstrual syndrome

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2018, Issue 8, 2018, Pages

  Armour, Mike ^a   Ee, Carolyn C ^a   Hao, Jie ^b   Wilson, Tanya Marie ^c   Yao, Sofia S ^b   Smith, Caroline A ^a  

^a WESTERN SYDNEY UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c Atticus Health   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR;

ACUPRESSURE; ACUPUNCTURE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DISEASE SEVERITY; EFFECT SIZE; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MENSTRUATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PREMENSTRUAL SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; FEMALE; LUTEAL PHASE; META ANALYSIS; PREMENSTRUAL DYSPHORIC DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC);

ACUPRESSURE; ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUTEAL PHASE; PREMENSTRUAL DYSPHORIC DISORDER; PREMENSTRUAL SYNDROME; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 85051529106     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1469493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD005290.pub2     Document Type: Review

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