Acupuncture for acute stroke: Study protocol for a multicenter, randomized, controlled trial

Trials

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Chen, Lifang ^a   Fang, Jianqiao ^a   Ma, Ruijie ^a   Froym, Ronen ^a   Gu, Xudong ^b   Li, Jianhua ^c   Chen, Lina ^d   Xu, Shouyu ^a   Ji, Conghua ^e  

^a ZHEJIANG CHINESE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Second Hospital of Jiaxing   (China)

^c ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^d HANGZHOU FIRST PEOPLE'S HOSPITAL   (China)

^e ZHEJIANG PROVINCIAL PEOPLE'S HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Multicenter RCT; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHINA; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MONTREAL COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH STROKE SCALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SWALLOWING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMPLICATION; CONVALESCENCE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCALP; STROKE;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEGLUTITION; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; HUMANS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SCALP; STROKE;

EID: 84902496307     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17456215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1745-6215-15-214     Document Type: Article

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