Acupuncture for postprandial distress syndrome: a randomized controlled pilot trial.

Jian-Feng TuJing-Wen YangLi-Qiong WangYang ZhengLi-Wen ZhangYong-Ting LiXin ZhangGuang-Xia ShiJun WangJing-Jie ZhaoYi DuSan-San ChenLu ChengCun-Zhi Liu

Published in: Acupuncture in medicine : journal of the British Medical Acupuncture Society (2020)

Four weeks of acupuncture may represent a potential treatment for postprandial distress syndrome. The treatment protocol and outcome measures used in this trial were feasible. Since this was a pilot study, the efficacy of acupuncture still needs to be determined by a larger, adequately powered trial.

Keyphrases

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clinical trial
randomized controlled trial
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