Stop Hypertension with the Acupuncture Research Program (SHARP): Results of a randomized, controlled clinical trial

Hypertension

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 838-845

  Macklin, Eric A ^a   Wayne, Peter M ^b   Kalish, Leslie A ^a,c   Valaskatgis, Peter ^b   Thompson, James ^d   Pian Smith, May C M ^d   Zhang, Qunhao ^d   Stevens, Stephanie ^a   Goertz, Christine ^e   Prineas, Ronald J ^f   Buczynski, Beverly ^d   Zusman, Randall M ^d  

^a NEW ENGLAND RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (United States)

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

^c BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e SAMUELI INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Blood pressure; Hypertension; Randomized clinical trial; Traditional Chinese medicine

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; ARTICLE; CHINESE MEDICINE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33750257495     PISSN: 0194911X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.HYP.0000241090.28070.4c     Document Type: Article

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