Add to ORKGCopyright © 2012 Jaung-Geng Lin et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. In evidence-based medicine, randomized controlled trials (RCTs) are the preferred method for evaluating the efficacy of interventions. In regard to acupuncture RCTs, the most difficult issues are the design of the control group and implementation of the principle of “double-blinding. ” We compared the advantages and limitations associated with different control group designs in acupuncture RCTs, to assist researchers in this field. 1
The acupuncture study by Kang et al. raises several concerns.1 The authors define their study as a c...
The aim of all clinical research must surely be to assess an intervention or process or relationship...
An international panel including patients, clinicians, researchers, acupuncture and surgery trialist...
Objective: To develop acupuncture research guideline, the association of types of control in acupunc...
Copyright © 2013 Alex Moroz et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Com...
Copyright © 2014 Jing Gu et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Common...
Copyright © 2015 Wei-hong Liu et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative C...
Objectives: Qualitative research has an important part to play in investigating how complex interven...
In the last two decades, randomized controlled trials (RCTs) have been used to evaluate the efficacy...
The work of the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) has repeatedly be...
Background. There is no agreement among researchers on viable controls for acupuncture treatment, an...
ObjectiveTo evaluate the change of the risk of bias (RoB) of acupuncture randomized controlled trial...
Introduction: Clinical trials of acupuncture not always have concordant results, mostly due to their...
Considerable intellectual and practical effort has been expended on designing and evaluat-ing placeb...
An international panel including patients, clinicians, researchers, acupuncture and surgery trialist...
The acupuncture study by Kang et al. raises several concerns.1 The authors define their study as a c...
The aim of all clinical research must surely be to assess an intervention or process or relationship...
An international panel including patients, clinicians, researchers, acupuncture and surgery trialist...
Objective: To develop acupuncture research guideline, the association of types of control in acupunc...
Copyright © 2013 Alex Moroz et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Com...
Copyright © 2014 Jing Gu et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Common...
Copyright © 2015 Wei-hong Liu et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative C...
Objectives: Qualitative research has an important part to play in investigating how complex interven...
In the last two decades, randomized controlled trials (RCTs) have been used to evaluate the efficacy...
The work of the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) has repeatedly be...
Background. There is no agreement among researchers on viable controls for acupuncture treatment, an...
ObjectiveTo evaluate the change of the risk of bias (RoB) of acupuncture randomized controlled trial...
Introduction: Clinical trials of acupuncture not always have concordant results, mostly due to their...
Considerable intellectual and practical effort has been expended on designing and evaluat-ing placeb...
An international panel including patients, clinicians, researchers, acupuncture and surgery trialist...
The acupuncture study by Kang et al. raises several concerns.1 The authors define their study as a c...
The aim of all clinical research must surely be to assess an intervention or process or relationship...
An international panel including patients, clinicians, researchers, acupuncture and surgery trialist...