Acupuncture for Chronic Severe Functional Constipation

Liu, Zhishun; Yan, Shiyan; Wu, Jiani; He, Liyun; Li, Ning; Dong, Gui-Rong; Fang, Jianqiao; Fu, Wenbin; Fu, Lixin; Sun, Jianhua; Wang, Linpeng; Wang, Shun; Yang, Jun; Zhang, Hongxing; Zhang, Jianbin; Zhao, Jiping; Zhou, Wei; Zhou, Zhongyu; Ai, Yanke; Zhou, Kehua; Liu, Jia; Xu, Huanfang; Cai, Yuying; Liu, Baoyan

doi:10.7326/m15-3118

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Acupuncture for Chronic Severe Functional Constipation

Published in Annals of Internal Medicine • Sep 12, 2016

Authors:

Zhishun Liu

Shiyan Yan

Jiani Wu

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Acupuncture has been used for chronic constipation, but evidence for its effectiveness remains scarce. OBJECTIVE: To determine the efficacy of electroacupuncture (EA) for chronic severe functional constipation (CSFC). DESIGN: Randomized, parallel, sham-controlled trial. (ClinicalTrials.g...

Subject

Medicine

Constipation

Functional constipation

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