A randomized, placebo-controlled trial of acupuncture in patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) the COPD-acupuncture trial (CAT)

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 172, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 878-886

  Suzuki, Masao ^a,b,g   Muro, Shigeo ^a   Ando, Yuki ^c   Omori, Takashi ^d   Shiota, Tetsuhiro ^e   Endo, Kazuo ^f   Sato, Susumu ^a   Aihara, Kensaku ^b   Matsumoto, Masataka ^b   Suzuki, Shinko ^b   Itotani, Ryo ^b   Ishitoko, Manabu ^b   Hara, Yoshikazu ^f   Takemura, Masaya ^b   Ueda, Tetsuya ^b   Kagioka, Hitoshi ^b   Hirabayashi, Masataka ^f   Fukui, Motonari ^b   Mishima, Michiaki ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Kitano Hospital   (Japan)

^c PHARMACEUTICALS AND MEDICAL DEVICES AGENCY   (Japan)

^d DOSHISHA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e Ako City Hospital   (Japan)

^f HYOGO PREFECTURAL AMAGASAKI GENERAL MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^g MEIJI UNIVERSITY OF INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO;

ACUPUNCTURE; AGED; ARTERIAL GAS; ARTICLE; BREATHING MUSCLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DYSPNEA; DYSPNEA ON EXERTION; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NEEDLE; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RANGE OF MOTION; RATING SCALE; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; THORAX; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WALKING;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DYSPNEA; EXERCISE TEST; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; LUNG VOLUME MEASUREMENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL EXERTION; PULMONARY DIFFUSING CAPACITY; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; SPIROMETRY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WALKING;

EID: 84862290604     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinternmed.2012.1233     Document Type: Article

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