[PDF] Top 20 Effectiveness of acupuncture for angina pectoris: a systematic review of randomized controlled trials

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... of acupuncture and moxibustion in treatment of ...specific acupuncture regimes preferentially involve differ- ent ...following acupuncture may result in a general analgesic effect ...electro- ... See full document

... the effectiveness of acupuncture for the treatment of tinnitus is not yet ...practice, acupuncture treatment by experienced and licensed practitioners might be an option for tinnitus patients, ... See full document

... traditional acupuncture theory emphasizes the indications and property of differ- ent acupoints, which is known as acupoint specificity ...clinical trials have merely demonstrated a statistical difference, ... See full document

... suspected randomized clinical trials (ie, RCTs or CCTs) archived on the PEDro database are likely to be valid (criteria 2–9), and could have sufficient statistical information to make their results inter- ... See full document

... of angina pectoris, of which three specifically focused on angina and three on unstable ...of angina was significantly better than conventional therapy alone (OR = ...unstable angina ... See full document

... from systematic reviews of PA interventions in middle-aged to older adults show moderate effects of interventions on PA behavior in the short- to mid-term (mean effect size of ...This systematic ... See full document

... exercise acupuncture, drugs, the- rapies using heat/cold, traction, laser, ultrasound, short wave, massage, and corsets [36, ...A systematic review of randomised controlled trials of ... See full document

... The risk of bias and methodological quality of the included studies are described in the Table 1. Randomization, baseline similarity, intention to treat ana- lysis, between group comparison and point measures were ... See full document

... We searched for RCTs in the following electronic databases, without language restriction, from their inceptions until May 2018: PubMed, the Cochrane Library, Embase, the China National Knowledge Infrastructure, the ... See full document

... thorough systematic review covering all avail- able randomized controlled trials with sham acupunc- ture controls would be of great help in elucidating the acupoint ...puncture ... See full document

... Clinical Trials were searched up to November 9, ...Clinical Trials Registry Platform in the World Health Organization Registry Network meets specific criteria for content, quality and validity, ... See full document

... previous systematic review by Moher et al in which the authors noted the problems of non- transparent processes for the development of, and reporting on, guidelines ...the acupuncture studies could ... See full document

... clinical trials (RCTs) with methodological inconsist- encies and heterogeneous outcomes have been reported since the research conducted by Rees et ...Earlier systematic reviews of RCTs of PO for IBS ... See full document

... from randomized controlled trials (RCTs), other FGAs, potent benzodiazepines and anticonvulsants, in- cluding carbamazepine and valproate, have also been empirically used 16 ... See full document

... The trials in which nutritional supplements were coad- ministered with ART are few (Tables 2 and 3), with a limited sample size and duration of supplementation. The lack of emphasis on nutritional supplementation ... See full document

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