Acupuncture lowering blood pressure for secondary prevention of stroke: a study protocol for a multicenter randomized controlled trial

Acupuncture lowering blood pressure for secondary prevention of stroke: a study protocol for a multicenter randomized controlled trial

Abstract Background Stroke is the prime cause of morbidity and mortality in the general population, and hypertension will increase the recurrence and mortality of stroke. We report a protocol of a pragmatic randomized controlled trial (RCT) using blood pressure (BP)-lowering acupuncture add-on treat...

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Main Authors: Yu-zheng Du, Xin-xin Gao, Cheng-Ting Wang, Hai-zhen Zheng, Yun Lei, Meng-han Wu, Xue-min Shi, Hai-peng Ban, Wen-long Gu, Xiang-gang Meng, Mao-ti Wei, Chun-xiao Hu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-09-01
Series:Trials
Subjects:
Acupuncture
Hypertension
Secondary prevention of stroke
RCT
Study protocol
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13063-017-2171-5

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