Acupuncture at local and distant points for tinnitus: Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

Trials

Volumn 13, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Shi, Guang Xia ^a   Han, Li Li ^a   Liu, Li Ying ^a   Li, Qian Qian ^a   Liu, Cun Zhi ^a   Wang, Lin Peng ^a  

^a BEIJING HOSPITAL OF TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE AFFILIATED TO CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; TINNITUS; TREATMENT DURATION; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ACUPUNCTURE POINTS; ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; HUMANS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TINNITUS;

EID: 84869861929     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17456215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1745-6215-13-224     Document Type: Article

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