Reporting acupuncture clinical trials

REPORTING ACUPUNCTURE CLINICAL TRIALS Finally acupuncture will be able to demonstrate its power and presence. The consolidated standard of reporting trials ( CONSORT) has been revised  since first published in 2001. In the revision,  has added  an extension for acupuncture.    Worldwide experts from 63 exquisite international references have supported this addition  after surveying 90  acupuncture trials.    These guidelines are a checklist and explanations for use by journal editors and authors. this should help peer reviewers and journal editors in deliberating the merits of the acupuncture trials  presented for publication.. Authors of acupuncture clinical trials, by executing these reporting standards,  will now have to provide their acupuncture rationale, the details of needling, the treatment regimen, other components of treatment, the acupuncturist background, and the control of interventions.   These standards for reporting interventions in clinical trials (STRICTA) will raise the quality of reporting clinical trials of acupuncture. Authors will have to produce more scientific depth in their articles. The new STRICTA  requirements cover 21 pages. All of this will improve the reporting of acupuncture trials especially the interventions and make it easier for their interpretation and replication by others.   it’s now up to the authors to plan their clinical acupuncture trials app...
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