Preventive and curative effects of acupuncture on the common cold: A multicentre randomized controlled trial in Japan

Complementary Therapies in Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 181-188

  Kawakita, Kenji ^a,b   Shichidou, Toshiyuki ^a   Inoue, Etsuko ^a   Nabeta, Tomoyuki ^a   Kitakouji, Hiroshi ^a   Aizawa, Shigekatsu ^a   Nishida, Atsushi ^a   Yamaguchi, Nobuo ^a   Takahashi, Norihito ^a   Yano, Tadashi ^a   Tanzawa, Syouhachi ^a  

^a Japan Acupuncture/Moxibustion Center   (Japan)

^b MEIJI UNIVERSITY OF INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMON COLD; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; JAPAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LINEAR SYSTEM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; NECK; NEEDLE; PARALLEL DESIGN; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; STAFF; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STUDENT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUPUNCTURE POINTS; ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; ADULT; COMMON COLD; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 19944429603     PISSN: 09652299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ctim.2004.10.004     Document Type: Article

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