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| Title |
Effectiveness of acupuncture, special dressings and simple, low-adherence dressings for healing venous leg ulcers in primary healthcare: study protocol for a cluster-randomized open-labeled trial
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| Published in |
BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies, June 2008
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| DOI | 10.1186/1472-6882-8-29 |
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| Authors |
Jorge Vas, Manuela Modesto, Camila Mendez, Emilio Perea-Milla, Inmaculada Aguilar, Jesus Manuel Carrasco-Lozano, Vicente Faus, Francisco Martos |
| Abstract |
Venous leg ulcers constitute a chronic recurring complaint that affects 1.0-1.3% of the adult population at some time in life, and which corresponds to approximately 75% of all chronic ulcers of the leg. Multilayer compression bandaging is, at present, the only treatment that has been proved to be effective in treating this type of ulcer. There is no consensus, however, about the dressings that may be applied, beneath the compression, to promote the healing of this type of ulcer, as there does not seem to be any added benefit from using special dressings rather than simple, low-adherence ones. As well as analgesia, acupuncture provokes peripheral vasodilation, in skin and muscles - which has been demonstrated both experimentally and in clinical practice - probably due to the axon reflex, among other mechanisms. The aim of the present study is to measure the effectiveness and cost of compression treatment for venous leg ulcers combined with special dressings, in comparison with low-adherence ones and acupuncture. |
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| Country | Count | As % |
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| United Kingdom | 1 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
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| Scientists | 1 | 100% |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Spain | 1 | 1% |
| United States | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 82 | 98% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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| Student > Master | 15 | 18% |
| Student > Bachelor | 12 | 14% |
| Researcher | 11 | 13% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 9 | 11% |
| Other | 6 | 7% |
| Other | 19 | 23% |
| Unknown | 12 | 14% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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| Medicine and Dentistry | 38 | 45% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 14 | 17% |
| Economics, Econometrics and Finance | 3 | 4% |
| Neuroscience | 3 | 4% |
| Social Sciences | 2 | 2% |
| Other | 11 | 13% |
| Unknown | 13 | 15% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 1. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 15 June 2012.
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