Design of a randomised acupuncture trial on functional neck/shoulder stiffness with two placebo controls [PDF]
, 2014 Background: Functional neck/shoulder stiffness is one of the most well-known indications for acupuncture treatment in Japan. There is little evidence for the effectiveness of acupuncture treatment for functional neck/shoulder stiffness.
Kaptchuk, Ted J +5 more
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Acupoint Massage in Improving Sleep Quality of Older Adults
Journal of Rehabilitation, 2008 Objective: Elderly people often suffer from disturbed sleep and Traditional Chinese acupressure is a noninvasive technique that employs pressure and massage to acupoints in order to stimulate the balance of life energy that promotes health and comfort.
Reza Hossein-Abadi +4 more
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Acupuncture for cancer pain in adults. [PDF]
, 2015 Background: Forty per cent of individuals with early or intermediate stage cancer and 90% with advanced cancer have moderate to severe pain and up to 70% of patients with cancer pain do not receive adequate pain relief.
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A sham-controlled trial of acupressure on the quality of sleep and life in haemodialysis patients [PDF]
, 2016 Background Sleep disorder in haemodialysis patients can lead to disturbance in their psychosocial function and interpersonal relations, and reduced quality of life.
Arab, Z. +5 more
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Transcutaneous Vagus Nerve Stimulation for the Treatment of Depression: A Study Protocol for a Double Blinded Randomized Clinical Trial [PDF]
, 2012 Background: Depressive disorders are the most common form of mental disorders in community and health care settings. Unfortunately, the treatment of Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) is far from satisfactory.
Ben, Hui +13 more
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Application of acupoint massage in nursing care of community dementia patients
Huli yanjiu, 2017 Objective: To study the effect of longterm acupoint massage in nursing care of community dementia patients.Methods: A total of 80 patients with senile dementia treated in our hospital from January 2010 to December 2015 were randomly divided into ...
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Acupuncture for frozen shoulder [PDF]
, 2001 This randomised controlled trial was undertaken to evaluate the effectiveness of acupuncture as a treatment for frozen shoulder. Thirty-five patients with a diagnosis of frozen shoulder were randomly allocated to an exercise group or an exercise plus ...
Chan, KC, Fong, DYT, Lo, SL, Sun, KO
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Preparation of a nano emodin transfersome and study on its anti-obesity mechanism in adipose tissue of diet-induced obese rats [PDF]
, 2014 OBJECTIVE: To describe the preparation of nano emodin transfersome (NET) and investigate its effect on mRNA expression of adipose triglyceride lipase (ATGL) and G0/G1 switch gene 2 (G0S2) in adipose tissue of diet-induced obese rats.
Changhui Wang +14 more
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Huli yanjiu, 2018 This article reviewed the characteristics of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) nursing technique including acupuncture，acupoint massage，acupoint application，TCM fumigation，traditional Chinese drugwax therapy，and a variety of techniques applied in ...
陈芊妤 +3 more
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Efektivitas Akupresur Selama Persalinan [PDF]
, 2016 Banyak wanita mengalami nyeri selama persalinan dan melahirkan. Pemilihan metode tradisional seperti akupresur mampu mengurangi nyeri persalinan yang dilakukan di beberapa titik akupuntur.
Iswari, I. (Indra) +1 more
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