[PDF] Top 20 Efficacy and safety of using a warming needle for persistent allergic rhinitis: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

... inserted using a neutral reinforcing and reduced ma- nipulation ...Each needle will be rotated until the arrival of qi. After the needle is obliquely inserted at Dazhui (GV14), the moxa stick will be ... See full document

... have been achieved when the subject feels localized tin- gling pain; the vaccaria seeds will then be fixed to pre- vent them from coming loose. We use small adhesive tape with spherical vaccaria seeds to adhere to the ... 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 ... See full document

... to study treatment, based on clinical ...hospitalization, persistent disability, or other im- portant medical event) will be reported to the lead inves- tigator as soon as possible to determine ...for ... See full document

... the study protocol was designed according to the Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials statement ...double-dummy, randomized and placebo- controlled trial designed to treat CCSDS ... See full document

... Our study will indicate that, despite the difficulty of diagnosis, practi- tioners can identify patients who can safely benefit from ...our study demonstrates the effectiveness and safety of ... See full document

... this study is to evaluate the effect- iveness of plum-blossom needle therapy for ...plum-blossom needle therapy or placebo as a control ...plum-blossom needle therapy for ...blossom ... See full document

... Data analysis will be conducted in accordance with the intention-to-treat principle. Missing data will be handled using linear mixed effects models. Statisticians and chief investigators will work out an analysis ... See full document

... All efficacy and safety analyses will be conducted accord- ing to the intention-to-treat (ITT) ...formed using the Statistical Packages for the Social Sci- ences (SPSS) for Windows, version ...by ... See full document

... Their study revealed how a single TES treatment was able to increase visual acuity and sensitivity of the isoptor, as measured by Goldmann perimetry ...a randomized controlled trial (RCT) of ... See full document

... This study aims to compare the efficacy of acupuncture with either strong (intended to elicit de qi) or weak stimulation among patients with allergic ...This study compares real versus sham ... See full document

... This study will be a double-blind, randomized, sham- controlled trial conducted in the Department of Otorhinolaryngology-head and neck surgery, Teaching Hospital of Chengdu University of ... See full document

... treat allergic rhinitis for many years ...case study suggested that sphenopalatine ganglion stimulation with one acupuncture needle, a technique developed by a Chin- ese otolaryngologist and ... See full document

... randomised controlled trials (RCTs) on acupuncture for PER revealed that acupuncture had a favourable effect on AR symptom scores compared to placebo acupuncture (standardised mean difference: ...the ... See full document

... severe allergic diathesis; intolerance or contra- indications against verapamil, prednisone, pantoprazole or potassium (effervescent tablet); diabetes mellitus (history and screening); cardiac arrhythmia (second ... See full document

... of allergic rhinitis (AR) is not limited to nasal ...recent study about patients with persistent AR re- ported that 74% of 166 patients experienced psychological ...Another study [3] ... See full document

... periods using the author’s method to maintain quality control ...start using the symptom score card record during the second ...s study showed signifi- cant effects of acupuncture treatment compared ... See full document

... There are several limitations of this trial. First, the number of participants (total 40) is insufficient for a clinical trial. However, our purpose at this time is to check the feasibility of using ... See full document

... other randomized controlled trial of catgut implantation has been reported in English, although many recent reports in Chinese literatures have reported the efficacy of this intervention for ... See full document

... In short, during the first stage, a binomial model was used to estimate the proportion of EQ-5D observations in which the patient was in perfect health (61.4%). Within this model, the EQ-5D index was modeled as a binary ... See full document