ArticleEvidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM2013
Factors contributing to de qi in acupuncture randomized clinical trials.
Article in Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.
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5 citing papers in PubMed.
- Psychophysical responses in patients receiving a mock laser within context of an acupuncture clinical trial: an interoceptive perspective.BMC complementary and alternative medicine · 2017Trial
- The majority of Norwegian patients with treatment-resistant chronic pain regained normal national health standards within 12 months after De-Qi acupuncture - a prospective observational propensity score matched study.Frontiers in pain research (Lausanne, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Clinical aspects of mastication myalgia-an overview.Frontiers in pain research (Lausanne, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Acupuncture Relieved Chemotherapy-Induced Peripheral Neuropathy in Patients with Breast Cancer: A Pilot Randomized Sham-Controlled Trial.Journal of clinical medicine · 2021Article
- Efficacy of Dry Needling and Acupuncture in the Treatment of Neck Pain.Anesthesiology and pain medicine · 2021Review
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Abstract
De qi is a core concept of acupuncture and is necessary to produce therapeutic effect. In 2010, de qi has been received as a term in the official extension of the CONSORT Statement. However, there are few articles that discuss which factors have influences on obtaining de qi in clinical trials. This paper aims to explore these factors and give advice on trial design in order to optimize de qi in acupuncture RCTs.
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