[PDF] Top 20 Efficacy of acupuncture for chronic asthma: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

... therapies, acupuncture has been used to treat a var- iety of diseases for more than 2000 years ...listed asthma and other 42 indications for acupuncture in 1979 [13] and classified the diseases ... See full document

... the efficacy, we choose sham EA as a pla- ...that acupuncture has no significant differencescompared to sham acupuncture ...the efficacy of EA for severe chronic functional ... See full document

... Electrical acupuncture therapy coordinates the bal- ance of yin and yang, and regulates the organs’ func- tions and mental status ...electrical acupuncture treating mental diseases have revealed its ... See full document

... its efficacy has attracted the interests of western medicine only in recent years [17] and several randomized controlled trials have been conducted to evaluate its potentials in clinical ...in ... See full document

... According to TCM theory, acupoints can be selected in three ways: an acupoint can be selected at a local lesion (with the pain area as acupoint Shu), far away from the local lesions, such as on limbs, and in accord- ance ... See full document

... are randomized to one of two treat- ment ...receive acupuncture in the Baihui, Yintang, Taiyang, Tinggong, Wangu, Fengchi, Hegu, Fenglong, and Taichong acupuncture points (Table ...disposable ... See full document

... this study is based on standards established under the Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials (CONSORT) [18] and Revised Standards for Report- ing Interventions in Clinical Trials of Acupuncture ... 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

... low-cost acupuncture and moxi- bustion methods to treat psoriasis in order to reduce the recurrence ...syndrome. Acupuncture and moxibustion can promote blood circulation and remove blood stasis, regulate ... See full document

... which acupuncture is most effective [12]. Despite numerous published randomized trials evaluat- ing acupuncture as a treatment for chronic low back pain, the efficacy and effectiveness ... 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

... Unlike acute/chronic bacterial prostatitis, the cause of CP/CPPS is unknown and no well-conducted epidemiologic studies are available to support any particular risk factors [18]. The diagnosis of CP/CPPS is mainly ... See full document

... a chronic joint disorder caused by degenerative disease in the knee ...mon chronic, progressive, and degenerative joint disease in the population aged 40 and ...epidemiological study from Manchester ... See full document

... of acupuncture for patients with migraines has been corroborated in numerous ...are chronic and tend to recur, so the long-term effect of acupuncture can verify the existence of sustained ... See full document

... factorial randomized controlled clinical ...receive acupuncture at local acupoints in combination with distal ...receive acupuncture at local acupoints in combination with distal ...receive ... See full document

... multi-center randomized controlled trial is currently undergoing, with three acupoints treatment groups and one non-acupoints control ...The acupuncture treatment consists of 20 sessions per ... 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 protocol was ... See full document

... to chronic daily or rebound headaches, so patients with headaches symptoms more than a few days a week should be on headache prophylactic therapy ...on efficacy, adverse events, and coexistent ... See full document

... This study is a randomized controlled pilot clinical ...and efficacy of an ac- tive preadaptation programme in improving patients’ re- covery following a LSS ...proposed study ... See full document

... this study are mostly related to typ- ical limitations of this type of clinical trial with a longitu- dinal design, in particular, the sample ...the efficacy of the therapy and the impact of ... See full document