[PDF] Top 20 Evaluating the prophylaxis and long term effectiveness of acupuncture for migraine without aura: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

... Any AE and SAE, and how they are dealt with, will be recorded during the four treatment weeks and 20 follow-up weeks. AEs include bleeding, hematoma, faint- ing, severe pain, and local infection. Any SAE (including ... See full document

... this study has several methodological limi- tations. Previous randomized controlled trials suggest that there is no obvious difference between verum and sham acupuncture groups, even though ... See full document

... in controlled trials of acupuncture and low dropout rates. Our study has several ...the study were not blinded and may have had strong treatment preferences for acupuncture, which may ... See full document

... in evaluating the effectiveness of a treatment, which can help separate the specific and nonspecific effects and reduce bias by enabling ...as acupuncture. Currently, superficial acupuncture ... See full document

... the effectiveness of PPIs in the treatment of gastrointestinal ulcers [3], eradi- cation therapy [4], reflux disease [5], and gastric pre- malignant lesions ...ulcer prophylaxis during hospital stay [1, ... See full document

... This trial was designed to evaluate the add-on effects of acupuncture for migraine ...episodic migraine is considered more important than the treatment for acute attacks for patients with ... 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 effectiveness of the aforementioned interventions on social functioning [11, 13, 25, 26, 29, ...their effectiveness remains largely unknown. For example, few randomized controlled trials ... See full document

... examined acupuncture for potential anti-inflammatory effects [10,11,22,28], only one showed an anti-inflammatory effects with decreased rheumatoid factor, IgA, IgG levels, and decreased T cell activity with no ... See full document

... with migraine, in accordance with the principles of the International Headache Society [1] and the recom- mendations for clinical trials published by the same Soci- ety [33], with or without aura, ... See full document

... Since acupuncture is a complex intervention, it is different from ...of acupuncture will be altered, if the acupoints in the study are ...of acupuncture and sham acupuncture responders ... See full document

... Adults 18–67 years old referred to physiotherapists or medical doctors at NIMI with pain from the lateral part of the elbow were screened for eligibility. To be in- cluded, the patients had to report pain with an ... See full document

... continue current medications for the duration of the study. Assessments of serum 25(OH)D levels was carried out routinely as part of the clinical management of MS and used to detect vitamin D3 insufficiency. Serum ... See full document

... having long been used in the treatment of neurological diseases in China, its efficacy has attracted the interests of western medicine only in recent years [17] and several randomized controlled ... See full document

... the study for the following reasons: 3 because of false inclusion, 1 because of data loss of the primary outcome, 15 because of unsatisfactory treatments (group A, 3; group B, 4; group C, 4; group D, 4), 17 ... See full document

... Schizophrenia Trial; RCT: Randomized Controlled Trial; STS: Superior temporal sulcus; mPFC: Medial Prefrontal Cortex; SCIT: Social Cognition and Interaction Training; SCST: Social Cognitive ... See full document

... the effectiveness of such psychosocial interventions in alleviat- ing PTSD, depression and anxiety symptoms in children affected by armed conflict ...and study designs have lacked rigor, with only a small ... See full document

... of Acupuncture and Physical Therapy, Beijing Luhe Hospital Affiliated to Capital Medical ...(for evaluating the immediate analgesic effects), 3 rd , 6 th , 9 th , and 12 th (for evaluating the ... See full document

... A randomized controlled trial conducted with 1263 probationers and parolees found that participants who were assigned the option to receive on-site rapid HIV testing at probation offices were ... See full document

... antimicrobial prophylaxis? Before the late 1960s, most prophylactic antibiotics were administered after the end of a surgical procedure and were found to be ineffective ...landmark study by Classen and ... See full document