[PDF] Top 20 Acupuncture in subjects with cold hands sensation: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

... Background: Cold hands sensation is a common disorder within the Korean ...by cold temperatures and/or emotional stress, and doctors often prescribe medications that are used in treatment of ... See full document

... laser acupuncture on obesity. Through this study we will be able to determine whether or not laser acu- puncture can alter regional adiposity, body contour and sense of ...laser acupuncture may play ... See full document

... the subjects perceived De Qi sensations such as soreness, numbness, and ...the subjects perceived a sense of piercing pain instead of De Qi ...the subjects sensed De Qi ...Qi sensation during ... See full document

... patient-assessor-blinded, randomized controlled trial with two parallel ...clinical trial, and then randomly assigned to the experimental or sham control groups (19 patients for each ...All ... See full document

... as acupuncture, are attractive to both patients and ...practitioners. Acupuncture, a core component of Trad- itional Chinese Medicine (TCM), has been used for thou- sands of years in several oriental ... See full document

... to cold, emotional stress, and postural changes [40] and the efficacy of both local anesthesia and sympathetic blockade in controlling vaso- constriction of RP [41] are consistent with a hypothesis of sympathetic ... See full document

... Chinese acupuncture depart- ments have set up special wards to treat stroke patients to maximize the promotion of ...that acupuncture can cause multiple biological responses including circulatory and ... See full document

... the acupuncture points used will be Dicang (ST4), Jiache (ST6), Yangbai (GB14), Xiaguan (ST7), Taiyang (EX- HN5), Quanliao (SI18) and Yifeng (TE17) on the affected side, and Hegu (LI4) ...the acupuncture in ... See full document

... elicit needle sensation (de qi) at the main acupoints detailed above, with a needling depth of 30 mm. The needles will re- main for 30 minutes per treatment, and the treatments are given five times per week. At ... See full document

... of study drug and who have a clinical observation record should be ...the protocol without any major devia- tions will be included in the per-protocol set ...the study drug and for whom safety ... See full document

... current study, we will try to provide several objective parameters by using the RSScan gait system (2 m × ...when subjects are standing or walking on the sensor array ...current study, we will ... See full document

... receive acupuncture treat- ment during the first eight ...and acupuncture experi- ence, Baihui (GV20), Shenting (GV24), Yintang (GV29), Qihai (RN6), Guanyuan (RN4) and bilateral Anmian (EX-HN22), Sanyinjiao ... See full document

... mechanisms have not been fully elucidated. IBS is also as- sociated with various psychosocial and environmental fac- tors, including early life stress, food intolerance, antibiotic abuse, and intestinal infections. In ... See full document

... the acupuncture point will be performed using of bidirectional rotation of the needle sleeve, to achieve the sensation known as Deqi, which is commonly described as a ‘glowing’ ... See full document

... the acupuncture group will take treatment with needles inserted at the prespecified acu- puncture ...The protocol including obligatory and additional acupoints was developed from the clinical experience of ... See full document

... therapies, acupuncture has been used to treat a var- iety of diseases for more than 2000 years ...for acupuncture in 1979 [13] and classified the diseases treated by acupunc- ture into 4 categories, 107 ... See full document

... this trial is whether sham acupuncture should be ...this trial is to clarify whether acupuncture is effective or whether acupuncture helps relieving symptoms of patients with functional ... See full document

... Considering the reduction in the risk of preterm delivery by the pessary described by the PECEP clinical trial [27], and considering our own outcomes in women with a short cervix, we anticipate a composite poor ... See full document

... Every attempt will be made to collect full follow-up data on all women (unless a woman withdraws consent for follow-up data collection). In particular, women will be followed up even after protocol violation. It ... See full document

... JS, MF, and CG contributed equally to the design of the study. JS, as lead investigator, is responsible for the conduct, organization, and administration of this study. JS and MF wrote the original ... See full document