Title |
Acupuncture in acute herpes zoster pain therapy (ACUZoster) – design and protocol of a randomised controlled trial
|
---|---|
Published in |
BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies, August 2009
|
DOI | 10.1186/1472-6882-9-31 |
Pubmed ID | |
Authors |
Johannes Fleckenstein, Sybille Kramer, Philipp Hoffrogge, Sarah Thoma, Philip M Lang, Lukas Lehmeyer, Gabriel M Schober, Florian Pfab, Johannes Ring, Peter Weisenseel, Klaus J Schotten, Ulrich Mansmann, Dominik Irnich |
Abstract |
Acute herpes zoster is a prevalent condition. One of its major symptoms is pain, which can highly influence patient's quality of life. Pain therapy is limited. Acupuncture is supposed to soften neuropathic pain conditions and might therefore act as a therapeutic alternative. Objective of the present study is to investigate whether a 4 week semi-standardised acupuncture is non-inferior to sham laser acupuncture and the anticonvulsive drug gabapentine in the treatment of pain associated with herpes zoster. |
X Demographics
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
---|---|---|
Australia | 1 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
Type | Count | As % |
---|---|---|
Members of the public | 1 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
---|---|---|
Spain | 1 | 1% |
Unknown | 85 | 99% |
Demographic breakdown
Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
---|---|---|
Student > Bachelor | 19 | 22% |
Researcher | 9 | 10% |
Student > Ph. D. Student | 9 | 10% |
Student > Doctoral Student | 8 | 9% |
Other | 6 | 7% |
Other | 20 | 23% |
Unknown | 15 | 17% |
Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
---|---|---|
Medicine and Dentistry | 39 | 45% |
Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 9 | 10% |
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 5 | 6% |
Psychology | 5 | 6% |
Social Sciences | 3 | 3% |
Other | 8 | 9% |
Unknown | 17 | 20% |