[PDF] Top 20 Efficacy of acupuncture versus sham acupuncture for postprandial distress syndrome: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

... 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

... verum acupuncture group or minimal acupuncture group in a 1:1 ...pilot study will help determine the feasibility and efficacy of acupuncture in patients with ...PDS. Trial ... See full document

... This randomized, sham-controlled, participant- and assessor-blinded pilot trial aims to determine the study feasibility of acupuncture for HB and to explore its clinical effects ... See full document

... The primary outcome of this study is the cumulative UAS in each group. After a normality test, the total score will be compared using the independent t test (parametric) or the Mann-Whitney U test (non-paramet- ... See full document

... This study compares two acupuncture groups (with or without manipulation) in 292 patients with a history of subjective ...The trial will be conducted in the Teaching Hospital of Chengdu University of ... 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

... prevalence study [11] reported that 29% of 428 infertile couples in eight community and academic infertility practices had used a complementary and alter- native medicine (CAM) treatment for infertility, 22% had ... See full document

... Corticoids seemed to be an ideal therapy for the acute lung injury in ARDS, given their potent anti-inflammatory and antifibrotic properties [3]. They switch off genes that encode pro-inflammatory cytokines and switch on ... See full document

... temporarily controlled, it is recommended to use effective low-risk, non-drug strategies to constitute a significant advance in asthma ...management. Acupuncture has been traditionally used to treat asthma; ... See full document

... trials, acupuncture can cause amelioration of these specific ...shown efficacy of ...traditional acupuncture ( verum acupuncture) and false acupuncture ( sham acupuncture) ... See full document

... Data normality will be tested through visual inspection of histograms. The statistical analysis of our study will follow intention-to-treat principles. Repeated measures analysis of variance (ANOVA) will be used ... See full document

... single-blinded, randomized controlled clinical trial aims to evaluate the efficacy and safety of acupuncture on body weight control in Hong ...such study on the Hong Kong ... See full document

... Neijing, acupuncture points be- longing to bladder meridian (BL) have a noticeable effect on urinary ...used acupuncture points for urogenital disease [19, ...following acupuncture points: Zhongliao ... See full document

... traditional acupuncture continued relieving the vasomotor symptoms through- out the 3-month treatment period, while the sham acu- puncture was tending towards stability after the first month ...of ... See full document

... The obligatory acupoints include dubi (ST35), neixi- yan (EX-LE5), ququan (LR8), xiyangguan (GB33) and an ashi point (the point where the patient feels most pain). Adjunct acupoints will be chosen by the acupuncturists ... See full document

... three-arm randomized sham-controlled trial has been approved by the ethics committees at each of the nine participating ...by study center and is performed via a web-based randomization ... See full document

... Sham acupuncture group: sham acupuncture was admin- istered on point 1 at the wrists, 3 hours before the track event ...sterile acupuncture needle ... See full document

... psychological distress, often re- sulting in a vicious cycle of fear, avoidance of symptom- provoking movements, and increased handicap, retarding recovery even further ... See full document

... real acupuncture point but no skin puncture ...these acupuncture points that were used may still be effective ...of sham needle [23,24] has been intended for use in acu- puncture-naïve subjects or ... See full document

... itional acupuncture to minimal/superficial acupuncture as well as trials studying ...of acupuncture [19,45], and thus equating electro-acupuncture to traditional acu- puncture is not an ... See full document