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| Title |
Acupuncture at local and distant points for tinnitus: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial
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| Published in |
Trials, November 2012
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| DOI | 10.1186/1745-6215-13-224 |
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| Authors |
Guang-Xia Shi, Li-Li Han, Li-Ying Liu, Qian-Qian Li, Cun-Zhi Liu, Lin-Peng Wang |
| Abstract |
Tinnitus is the perception of a sound in the absence of an objective physical source. Up to now, there is no generally accepted view how these phantom sounds come about, and also no efficient treatment. Patients are turning to complementary or alternative medical therapies, such as acupuncture. Based on the theory of traditional Chinese medicine, acupoints located on both the adjacent and distal area of the disease can be needled to treat disease. Furthermore, the way of combining acupoints is for strengthening the curative effect. We aim to evaluate the efficacy of acupuncture at local points in combination with distal points in subjective tinnitus patients. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Italy | 2 | 25% |
| Netherlands | 1 | 13% |
| Unknown | 5 | 63% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 7 | 88% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 13% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 75 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| New Zealand | 1 | 1% |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1% |
| Turkey | 1 | 1% |
| Brazil | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 71 | 95% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 14 | 19% |
| Student > Master | 12 | 16% |
| Researcher | 8 | 11% |
| Other | 6 | 8% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 5 | 7% |
| Other | 16 | 21% |
| Unknown | 14 | 19% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 41 | 55% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 9 | 12% |
| Arts and Humanities | 2 | 3% |
| Environmental Science | 1 | 1% |
| Unspecified | 1 | 1% |
| Other | 4 | 5% |
| Unknown | 17 | 23% |