Standardization of individualized treatments in a randomized controlled trial of acupuncture for stroke rehabilitation [6]

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 106-109

  Schnyer, Rosa N ^a,b   Wayne, Peter M ^a   Kaptchuk, Ted J ^a,b   Cheng, Xiaoming ^a   Zhang, Zhenzhen ^a   Stason, William B ^c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS COLLEGE OF PHARMACY AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; CHINESE MEDICINE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEPRESSION; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; LETTER; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SLEEP DISORDER; STANDARDIZATION; STROKE; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; NEW ENGLAND; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RESEARCH DESIGN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33645641627     PISSN: 10755535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/acm.2006.12.106     Document Type: Letter

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