Prednisolone and acupuncture in bell's palsy: Study protocol for a randomized, controlled trial

Trials

Volumn 12, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Xia, Feng ^a   Han, Junliang ^a   Liu, Xuedong ^a   Wang, Jingcun ^a   Jiang, Zhao ^a   Wang, Kangjun ^b   Wu, Songdi ^c   Zhao, Gang ^a  

^a FOURTH MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Central Hospital   (China)

^c The First Hospital   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO; PREDNISOLONE; GLUCOCORTICOID;

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BELL PALSY; CHINA; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG EFFICACY; FACE PAIN; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; SUNNYBROOK SYSTEM AND HOUSE BRACKMANN SCALE; SYNKINESIS; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONVALESCENCE; FACIAL NERVE; HOSPITALIZATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; TIME;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BELL PALSY; CHINA; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FACIAL NERVE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PREDNISOLONE; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RESEARCH DESIGN; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79959250296     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17456215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1745-6215-12-158     Document Type: Article

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