The effect of TCM acupuncture on hot flushes among menopausal women (ACUFLASH) study: A study protocol of an ongoing multi-centre randomised controlled clinical trial

BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Borud, Einar K ^a   Alraek, Terje ^a   White, Adrian ^c   Fonnebo, Vinjar ^a   Grimsgaard, Sameline ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH NORWAY   (Norway)

^c PENINSULA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ARTICLE; CHINESE MEDICINE; CLIMACTERIUM; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA COLLECTION METHOD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POSTMENOPAUSE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF CARE;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HOT FLASHES; HUMANS; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH DESIGN; SELF CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 33947115462     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6882-7-6     Document Type: Article

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