[PDF] Top 20 Acupuncture for functional dyspepsia: study protocol for a two center, randomized controlled trial

... to acupuncture treatment for FD. Changes in ghrelin level after acupuncture, therefore, may not completely explain how acupuncture might work for symptom improvement in patients with ...of ... See full document

... in acupuncture trials is crucial, because blinding for practitioners is virtually ...of acupuncture treatment: point- specific effect, placebo, and non-specific physiological effect ...[45]. ... See full document

... a functional dyspepsia subtype, will be recruited at three hospitals (two in Korea and one in USA) for an international, multi-center, randomized, patient/assessor-blinded, clinical ... See full document

... The main acupoints ST36, PC6, and RN12 will be nee- dled in each group. Additional acupoints will also be used based on symptom differentiation. For stagnation of liver qi, RN17 and LR13 (bilateral) are added; for ... See full document

... Functional dyspepsia (FD) is defined as the presence of early satiation, postprandial fullness, epigastric pain, or epigastric burning in the absence of an organic, sys- temic, or metabolic disease that ... See full document

... the functional manifestation of the imbalance, which is a key factor for diagnosis in oriental ...Different functional manifestations and signs, which are diverse owing to each patient ’ s constitution and ... See full document

... high-quality randomized controlled trials (RCTs) have also demonstrated the efficacy of acu- puncture treating for FC [11 – ...recent study also identified that manual acupuncture at Tianshu ... See full document

... of acupuncture and RehaCom cognitive training have not been systematic- ally compared, nor has the possibility of a synergistic ef- fect of combination of the two therapeutic modalities been ...the ... See full document

... ACUPEND trial was designed as single-center, double-blinded, randomized superiority trial with a one- by-one allocation ratio into two parallel treatment ...The study ... See full document

... of acupuncture, there are many factors that can affect the clinical outcomes, including individual differences, needle insertion techniques and duration of the ...Our study protocol is based on ... See full document

... from two randomized trials in pregnancy are conflicting. In a UK trial of 71 women with type 1 and type 2 diabetes, ran- domized to wearing a masked CGM every 4–6 weeks compared to standard care with ... See full document

... of two senior therapists and a rehabilitation physician who are experienced in treatment of PSMD will be set up to monitor the safety of this ...the study to a partici- pant when substantial harms are or ... See full document

... perform two baseline assessment visit (V1-V2) to provide baseline level of their symptoms, social cognition, social functioning, functional capacity and motivation before ...are randomized to either ... See full document

... of functional dyspepsia are diverse and ...this trial, and the improvement in dyspeptic symptoms after the oral administration of BST may be assessed by measuring the changes in cutaneous EGG ... See full document

... Clinical Trial Center of Chinese Medicine (Chengdu GCP Center) in China, for their cooperation and tech- nological support about the central randomization and the protocol of sta- tistical ... See full document

... and paralimbic system was observed when the subjects perceived De Qi sensations such as soreness, numbness, and swelling. At this moment, the subject might feel relaxed and comfortable. The BOLD signal was reversed when ... See full document

... ROSETTA trial (version ...experienced acupuncture-trained person will treat dedi- cated traditional acupuncture ...control acupuncture will be performed to provide a blinded comparison of ... See full document

... help. Acupuncture, an important part of trad- itional Chinese medicine (TCM) that dates back at least 3000 years, can cure disease because it can stimulate the body’s self-regulatory ability, which is ... See full document

... of acupuncture treat- ment group with the control group, including primary and secondary ...of two groups will be compared on admission using unpaired two-sample t-tests (continuous data) and ... See full document

... treatment groups uses a stratified block dynamic ran- domization method with permuted block, which is automatically under the control of a central computer system. To guarantee allocation concealment, rando- mization ... See full document