A Systematic Review of Dextrose Prolotherapy for Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain
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A systematic review of prolotherapy for chronic musculoskeletal pain.
OBJECTIVE Prolotherapy, an injection-based treatment of chronic musculoskeletal pain, has grown in popularity and has received significant recent attention. The objective of this review is to determine the effectiveness of prolotherapy for treatment of chronic musculoskeletal pain. DATA SOURCES We searched Medline, PreMedline, Embase, CINAHL, and Allied and Complementary Medicine with search ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Clinical Medicine Insights: Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Disorders
سال: 2016
ISSN: 1179-5441,1179-5441
DOI: 10.4137/cmamd.s39160