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... Because stroke is one of the most common uses of acu- puncture therapy, many Chinese acupuncture depart- ments have set up special wards to treat stroke patients to maximize the promotion of ...that ... See full document

... A multicenter randomized controlled trial will be performed in seven ...with acupuncture while the control group is treated with Western ...and acupuncture effect will be ... See full document

... PSMD. Acupuncture may be beneficial for patients with PSMD, but no randomized controlled trial has confirmed its ...provide study protocol of a randomized ... See full document

... Background: Stroke is the prime cause of morbidity and mortality in the general population, and hypertension will increase the recurrence and mortality of ...a protocol of a pragmatic randomized ... See full document

... a trial involv- ing women considerably leaner [9] and higher rates found in two trials: a trial of a very high risk postpartum group (36 %) [8] and another trial involving older women, enrolled a ... See full document

... For acupuncture, common and expected adverse events include local hematomas; needle break- age; needle retention after treatment; fainting; unbear- able prickling, severe pain, or discomfort persisting for more ... See full document

... Health Stroke Scale; OEC: Outcome Evaluation Committee; PPS: Per protocol sets; PRO: Patient-reported outcome; RCT: Randomized controlled trial; SAEs: Serious adverse events; SS: Safety ... See full document

... increasing. Acupuncture for infantile colic is used in many countries [4] despite weak ...from acupuncture [5], although it is rarely provided within the Swedish public health ... See full document

... A multicenter randomized clinical trial with blinded outcome ...after stroke onset, are ...the trial for a power of 80% to detect a shift leading to a decrease in dependency in 10% of ... See full document

... The nurses responsible for the neurosurgery patients at Huaxi Hospital will be thoroughly educated regarding moderate TH. Patients and/or their legal guardians will be able to contact the project leader at any time ... See full document

... this trial, we spent plenty of time designing the control group, since appro- priate control is crucial for a high-quality randomized controlled ...this trial is to clarify whether ... See full document

... prospective randomized multicenter trial to determine if a retromuscular, preperitoneal mesh at the stoma site prevents parastomal hernia and does not cause unacceptable ... See full document

... to acupuncture needles and has been widely practiced and has been indicated in some cases where treatment with traditional acupuncture (or another tech- nique) has ...manual acupuncture, low ... See full document

... by acupuncture In our study, the assessment of De Qi sensation perceived by the patients is based on the Chinese version of the ”modified” Massachusetts General Hospital Acu- puncture Sensation Scale ... See full document

... the study data will be manually recorded on the case report form and uploaded to the ...The trial manage- ment team will control data quality through regular meetings and strict trainings to ensure that the ... See full document

... Since acupuncture is a complex intervention, it is different from ...of acupuncture will be altered, if the acupoints in the study are ...of acupuncture and sham acupuncture responders ... See full document

... pooled acupuncture groups and waiting list control group to figure out whether acupuncture is more effective for this ...pooled acupuncture groups and sham acupuncture group to find out ... See full document

... We used cognitive abilities screening scales includes MMSE, MoCA and FIM as the outcome measures in order to track changes in the functional status over the 12-week interventions period. The MMSE [49] is a global measure ... See full document

... after stroke is a long steady process that continues for several weeks or even months before reaching a stable ...after acupuncture treatment (in most cases 2–3 weeks after stroke) ...of ... See full document

... the TRIAL-OH study [21] of consecutive hematology patients admitted to the same ICUs (appendix 4, study ongoing), the 30% propor- tion of patients with ARF who were not intubated at ICU admission in ... See full document