The efficacy and safety study of electro-acupuncture for severe chronic functional constipation: Study protocol for a multicenter, randomized, controlled trial

Trials

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Liu, Zhishun ^a   Liu, Jia ^a   Zhao, Ye ^a   Cai, Yuying ^a   He, Liyun ^a   Xu, Huanfang ^a   Zhou, Xiaohua ^b   Yan, Shiyan ^a   Lao, Lixing ^c   Liu, Baoyan ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHINESE MATERIA MEDICA   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic functional constipation; Efficacy; Electro acupuncture; Multicenter RCT; Safety

Indexed keywords

LAXATIVE;

ADVERSE OUTCOME; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC FUNCTIONAL CONSTIPATION; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMPLETE SPONTANEOUS BOWEL MOVEMENT; CONSTIPATION; DEFECATION; DRUG USE; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; FECES ANALYSIS; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SAFETY;

CHINA; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; CONSTIPATION; DEFECATION; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; HUMANS; LAXATIVES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RESEARCH DESIGN; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84878895173     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17456215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1745-6215-14-176     Document Type: Article

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