Effectiveness of De Qi during acupuncture for the treatment of tinnitus: Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

Trials

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Xie, Hui ^a   Li, Xinrong ^a   Lai, Jiaqin ^a   Zhou, Yanan ^a   Wang, Caiying ^a   Liang, Jiao ^a  

^a CHENGDU UNIVERSITY OF TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; De Qi; Randomized controlled trial; Tinnitus

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COLD SENSATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DE QI; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; HEAT SENSATION; HUMAN; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; LOUDNESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PAIN; PARESTHESIA; PATIENT SAFETY; PRESSURE SENSATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SENSATION; SKIN TINGLING; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TINNITUS; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; ADOLESCENT; AUDITORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHINA; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; FEMALE; HEARING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NOCICEPTION; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; CHINA; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HEARING; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN PERCEPTION; PAIN THRESHOLD; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH DESIGN; TIME FACTORS; TINNITUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84929940200     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17456215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1745-6215-15-397     Document Type: Article

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