Acupuncture for chronic severe functional constipation: A randomized trial

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 165, Issue 11, 2016, Pages 761-769

  Liu, Zhishun ^a   Yan, Shiyan ^a   Wu, Jiani ^a   He, Liyun ^a   Li, Ning ^b   Dong, Guirong ^c   Fang, Jianqiao ^d   Fu, Wenbin ^e   Fu, Lixin ^f   Sun, Jianhua ^g   Wang, Linpeng ^h   Wang, Shun ⁱ   Yang, Jun ^j   Zhang, Hongxing ^k   Zhang, Jianbin ^l   Zhao, Jiping ^m   Zhou, Wei ⁿ   Zhou, Zhongyu ^o   Ai, Yanke ^a   Zhou, Kehua ^p   Liu, Jia ^a   Xu, Huanfang ^a   Cai, Yuying ^a   Liu, Baoyan ^a   more..

^a INSTITUTE OF CHINESE MATERIA MEDICA   (China)

^b SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY OF TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

^d ZHEJIANG CHINESE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e GUANGDONG PROVINCIAL HOSPITAL OF CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

^f FIRST TEACHING HOSPITAL OF TIANJIN UNIVERSITY OF TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

^g THE FIRST AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

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

ⁱ Heilongjiang Province Academy of Chinese Medical Science   (China)

^j ANHUI UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

^k Angiocardiopathy Internal Department   (China)

^l NANJING UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

^m Dongzhimen Hospital of Beijing University of Chinese Medicine   (China)

ⁿ BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

^o HUBEI UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

^p DAEMEN COLLEGE   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINA; CHRONIC CONSTIPATION; CHRONIC SEVERE FUNCTIONAL CONSTIPATION; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIZZINESS; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; FAINTNESS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; INTESTINE MOTILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NAUSEA; PAIN; PARALLEL DESIGN; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSTIPATION; DEFECATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; CHINA; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONSTIPATION; DEFECATION; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 85002644982     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: 15393704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/M15-3118     Document Type: Article

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