Reliability of the NICMAN Scale: An Instrument to Assess the Quality of Acupuncture Administered in Clinical Trials

Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 2017, Issue , 2017, Pages

  Smith, Caroline A ^a   Zaslawski, Christopher J ^b   Cochrane, Suzanne ^a   Zhu, Xiaoshu ^a   Zheng, Zhen ^c   Loyeung, Bertrand ^b   Meier, Peter C ^b   Walsh, Sean ^b   Xue, Charlie Changli ^c   Zhang, Anthony L ^c   Fahey, Paul P ^d   Bensoussan, Alan ^a  

^a WESTERN SYDNEY UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; METHODOLOGY; NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR COMPLEMENTARY MEDICINE ACUPUNCTURE NETWORK SCALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTGRADUATE STUDENT; QUALITY CONTROL; RATING SCALE;

EID: 85021689846     PISSN: 1741427X     EISSN: 17414288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2017/5694083     Document Type: Article

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