Acupuncture for postprandial distress syndrome (APDS): study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

Acupuncture for postprandial distress syndrome (APDS): study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

Abstract Background Postprandial distress syndrome (PDS) is referred to as meal-related functional dyspepsia (FD) and causes a reduced quality of life (QoL) for patients. Several randomized controlled trials (RCTs) have suggested that acupuncture is an effective treatment for FD, but few studies wer...

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Main Authors: Jing-Wen Yang, Li-Wen Zhang, Guang-Xia Shi, Yi Du, Jun Wang, Jing-Jie Zhao, Yan Cao, Jian-Feng Tu, Shuai Zhang, Cheng Tan, San-San Chen, Cun-Zhi Liu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-11-01
Series:Trials
Subjects:
Postprandial distress syndrome
Functional dyspepsia
Acupuncture
Randomized controlled trial
Minimal acupuncture
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13063-017-2285-9

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