A pilot randomized, single-blind, placebo-controlled trial of traditional acupuncture for vasomotor symptoms and mechanistic pathways of menopause

Menopause

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 54-61

  Painovich, Jeannette M ^a   Shufelt, Chrisandra L ^a   Azziz, Ricardo ^b   Yang, Yuching ^a   Goodarzi, Mark O ^c   Braunstein, Glenn D ^c   Karlan, Beth Y ^a   Stewart, Paul M ^d   Merz, C Noel Bairey ^a,c  

^a CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c Department of Endocrinology ^*  (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Cortisol; Mechanisms; Menopause; Randomized controlled trial; Vasomotor symptoms

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; TETRACOSACTIDE;

ACUPUNCTURE; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; CLIMACTERIUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE URINE LEVEL; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MENOPAUSE SPECIFIC QUALITY OF LIFE QUESTIONNAIRE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PILOT STUDY; PITTSBURGH QUALITY SLEEP INDEX; POSTMENOPAUSE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; STATE TRAIT ANXIETY INVENTORY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASOMOTOR DISORDER;

EID: 84655167108     PISSN: 10723714     EISSN: 15300374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/gme.0b013e31821f9171     Document Type: Article

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