title: Acupuncture in the management of pain of musculoskeletal and neurologic origin.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Acupuncture Foundation of Canada Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: J Y
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Wong
authors.forename: L M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Rapson
mesh_terms: 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