[Quality control of acupuncture clinical trials]

Zhongguo Zhen Jiu. 2009 Jul;29(7):577-9.
[Article in Chinese]

Abstract

In order to improve the quality of acupuncture clinical trials, in view of the shortage of design and application of acupuncture clinical trials at present, the authors paper put forward concrete control measures from aspects of subjective factors, objective factors and quality monitoring of acupuncture clinical trials, which are helpful to guarantee the quality of trials and could be reference for other researchers. The results indicate that strict quality control measures are the guarantee of high-quality acupuncture clinical trials.

Publication types

  • English Abstract
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Acupuncture Therapy / methods
  • Acupuncture Therapy / standards*
  • Clinical Trials as Topic / standards*
  • Humans
  • Quality Control