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... This study consists of a randomized controlled trial (RCT) with two parallel arms: a control group and an EA ...within trial period ...the study, at the end of the fourth week, ... See full document

... This study consists of a randomized controlled trial (RCT) with two parallel arms: an acupuncture group and an EA ...the study, at the end of the second week, at four weeks after ... See full document

... pre-specified protocol and ...the study. With the electroacupuncture group and the sham group, two sessions per week will be conducted over eight weeks for a total of 16 ... See full document

... whole trial process will per- form the statistical analyses using the SAS statistical software package (Version ...this trial, the full ana- lysis set (FAS) will be ...all randomized patients who ... See full document

... neuropathy. Electroacupuncture (EA) has been found to be effective in treating diabetic peripheral neuropathy [10], neuropathic pain including post-herpetic neuralgia and post-traumatic neuropathy [11], and human ... See full document

... a pilot study assessing the feasibility of a larger study and statistical analyses will be used to examine the pre- liminary effects of the intervention and determine any trend in the results as this ... See full document

... In Table 1, we have provided detailed information regarding the EA treatment to be used; the treatment will be based on the revised Standards for Reporting Interventions in Clinical Trials of Acupuncture (STRICTA) [20]. ... See full document

... Negative Pressure Wound Therapy (NPWT) which is frequently used in the management of ...randomised controlled trials (RCTs) of NPWT have failed to recruit to time and target, thus we aimed to conduct a ... See full document

... Recent randomized trials and meta-analysis in patients with osteoarthritis of the knee, acupuncture has been shown to provide pain relief and improvement in joint function ...or electroacupuncture (EA) on ... See full document

... this trial); the free acupunc- ture treatments offered to participants; the purpose, pro- cedures, treatments, and possible risks of the trial; and the contact information of the ... See full document

... our study if any of the follow- ing conditions are present: (1) severe dementia or chronic neurological disease, with an IQCODE score of ...hypothermia protocol; (6) pregnant or nursing women; (7) ... See full document

... The differences between electroacupuncture and sham treatment group are assessed by an analysis of covariance using baseline score as a covariate for the primary vari- ables. Descriptive statistics and an analysis ... See full document

... (SUI, UUI, and MUI) who were exposed to magnetic stimula- tion. The following treatment parameters were used: 10 Hz for 10 minutes, 35 Hz for another 10 minutes, 6 seconds rest (active time and pause time). Treatment ... See full document

... This study protocol evaluates the effectiveness of adjuvant electroacupuncture (EA) for urinary retention in poststroke patients undergoing conventional treatments, in comparison with that of a sham ... See full document

... for study participation and im- planted with DBS systems capable of current-controlled (mA) stimulation (Activa RC/PC, Medtronic or Vercise System, Boston Scientific) in the VIM and PSA bilat- erally within ... See full document

... six randomized controlled trials (RCTs), which compared acupuncture with sham acupuncture, and they concluded that sham-controlled RCTs failed to show any specific effects of acupuncture for control ... See full document

... The study design is a randomized controlled ...be randomized into one of two groups: acupuncture group (AG) (n = 33) and electroacupuncture group (EG) (n = ... See full document

... A randomized controlled pilot trial with three measure- ment points will be carried out over 3 months to evalu- ate whether the intervention sustains an effect on the participants’ adherence ... See full document

... a trial showing that electroacupunc- ture at BL33 can reduce IPSS by ...our pilot trial (n = 40), 40 patients were randomized into the treatment group (BL33) and the control group (non-point ... See full document

... This pilot study protocol describes the design of an innovative randomized controlled trial to evaluate the clinical effectiveness and feasibility of three professional practice ... See full document