Efficacy and Safety of a Novel Plum Blossom Needling with Mild Moxibustion Device for Upper Limb Pain Disorder and Motor Dysfunction in Patients with Stage 1 Post-Stroke Shoulder-Hand Syndrome: Study Protocol for a Multi-Center, Single-Blind, Randomized Sham-Controlled Trial

By sjmartinez • February 24, 2023

Meng X, Sun J, Liu Q, Huang Y, Qiu X, Seto DJ, Li Y, Wang L, Li C, Gao S, Yu H, Zhao J, Zhao B. Efficacy and Safety of a Novel Plum Blossom Needling with Mild Moxibustion Device for Upper Limb Pain Disorder and Motor Dysfunction in Patients with Stage 1 Post-Stroke Shoulder-Hand Syndrome: Study Protocol for a Multi-Center, Single-Blind, Randomized Sham-Controlled Trial. J Pain Res. 2023 Feb 13;16:407-420. doi: 10.2147/JPR.S396195. PMID: 36817867; PMCID: PMC9936879.

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