Electroacupuncture Treatment for Primary Dysmenorrhea: A Review of Randomized Controlled Trials [PDF]
To evaluate the effectiveness of electroacupuncture treatment for primary dysmenorrhea (PD), a literature review of a randomized controlled trials (RCTs) was performed where electroacupuncture was used as a treatment intervention in patients diagnosed ...
Myung Kyu Jeon +12 more
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Development of a New Remote Diagnosis and Treatment Model for Obstructive Sleep Apnea: a Non-inferiority Randomized Controlled Trial Protocol [PDF]
Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a high prevalent chronic disease that may lead to many complications, and cause great potential harm to health. Epidemiological studies have showed that OSA is closely related to the development of various cardiovascular ...
YI Huijie, LIAO Xinyi, PI Mengyuan, XU liyue, ZHANG Chi, DONG Xiaosong, HAN Fang
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The European Academy of Rehabilitation Medicine (EARM) held a debate in Hannover, Germany, on 1st of September 2016 on the pros and cons of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) and observational effectiveness studies (benchmarking controlled trials ...
A. Malmivaara +3 more
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Randomized, Controlled Trial of the FGF21 Analogue Pegozafermin in NASH.
BACKGROUND Pegozafermin is a long-acting glycopegylated (pegylated with the use of site-specific glycosyltransferases) fibroblast growth factor 21 (FGF21) analogue in development for the treatment of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) and severe ...
R. Loomba +16 more
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Salt intake and blood pressure in Iranian children and adolescents: a population-based study
Background Previous studies have reported a high prevalence of hypertension in Iranian students, especially in rural areas. The aim of this study was to investigate the daily intake of salt in students and its association with high blood pressure ...
Mohammad Hassan Emamian +3 more
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Background Isolated systolic hypertension (ISH), is the most common form of hypertension in older adults. However, the ISH prevalence is not well known in many developing countries such as Iran.
Ali Hosseinzadeh +5 more
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Non-inferiority clinical trials: importance and applications in health sciences [PDF]
Non-inferiority randomized clinical trials are indicated when it is intended to prove that an experimental group is not inferior to a control group by more than a margin of non-inferiority.
Heitor Marques HONÓRIO +2 more
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Current Research Trends in Randomized Controlled Trials Investigating the Combined Effect of Korean Medicine and Western Medicine Treatment [PDF]
This review examined recently published (July 2014 to June 2017), randomized controlled trials (RCTs) which investigated the safety and effectiveness of combined Korean medicine/complementary alternative medicine (CAM) and Western medicine, to indicate ...
Dohyung Ha +8 more
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Analysis of Clinical Research Trends for Thread Embedding Acupuncture of Cervical Radiculopathy [PDF]
In this study, the evidence of thread embedding acupuncture (TEA) in treating cervical radiculopathy in randomized controlled trials was investigated. We searched 16 databases up to August 22, 2022.
Eun Sil Heo +6 more
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A Randomized, Controlled Trial of the Pan-PPAR Agonist Lanifibranor in NASH.
BACKGROUND Management of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) is an unmet clinical need. Lanifibranor is a pan-PPAR (peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor) agonist that modulates key metabolic, inflammatory, and fibrogenic pathways in the ...
S. Francque +26 more
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