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Papers: 9 Nov 2019 - 15 Nov 2019

RESEARCH TYPE:
Psychology


Human Studies

PAIN TYPE:
Migraine/Headache


2019 Nov 08


Trials


20


1

The best from East and West? Acupuncture and medical training therapy as monotherapies or in combination for adult patients with episodic and chronic tension-type headache: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.

Authors

Schiller J, Kellner T, Briest J, Hoepner K, Woyciechowski A, Ostermann A, Korallus C, Sturm C, Weiberlenn T, Jiang L, Egen C, Beissner F, Stiesch M, Karst M, Gutenbrunner C, Fink MG
Trials. 2019 Nov 08; 20(1):623.
PMID: 31703750.

Abstract

This study aims to evaluate the feasibility and efficacy of a complex health intervention, based on the combination of conventional Western medicine and traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), in an outpatient department of a university hospital for patients with frequent episodic or chronic tension-type headaches.