Acupuncture in the management of pain of musculoskeletal and neurologic origin.
Acupuncture has been used as therapeutic treatment for the health of the Chinese people for more than 3000 years; it is a system for diagnosing and treating disease using fine needles inserted into specific points of the body. Acupuncture can treat a wide variety of conditions. This article discusses the use of acupuncture in the management of pain of musculoskeletal and neurologic origin, with a focus on pain in spinal cord injuries.
Wong
J Y
JY
Acupuncture Foundation of Canada Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Rapson
L M
LM
D015667:Acupuncture Analgesia / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D002170:Canada; D005260:Female; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009140:Musculoskeletal Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy; D009422:Nervous System Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy; D009437:Neuralgia / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D010147:Pain Measurement; D010148:Intractable Pain / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D011379:Prognosis