The Effectiveness and Safety of Acupuncture for Patients with Alzheimer Disease

Medicine (United States)

Volumn 94, Issue 22, 2015, Pages e933-

  Zhou, Jing ^a,b   Peng, Weina ^a   Xu, Min ^c   Li, Wang ^a,b   Liu, Zhishun ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHINESE MATERIA MEDICA   (China)

^b BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

^c CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AJMALICINE; ALMITRINE; DIHYDROERGOTOXINE; DONEPEZIL; NIMODIPINE; PIRACETAM; PLACEBO;

ACUPUNCTURE; ADL SCALE; ADVERSE OUTCOME; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ALZHEIMER DISEASE ASSESSMENT SCALE COGNITION; ASSESSMENT OF HUMANS; BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); CNKI DATABASE; COGNITION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); DATA EXTRACTION; DATA SYNTHESIS; DEMENTIA ASSESSMENT; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; EMBASE; FUNCTIONAL ACTIVITIES QUESTIONNAIRE; HASEGAWA'S DEMENTIA SCALE; HUMAN; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MONTREAL COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCINFO; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RATING SCALE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLE SIZE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; HUMANS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84940981992     PISSN: 00257974     EISSN: 15365964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MD.0000000000000933     Document Type: Review

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