title: [Brief talk on the problem and countermeasure in clinical trial design of acupuncture for treatment of stroke].
abstract: The problems in the clinical test design of acupuncture therapy for rehabilitation of stroke at present are probed. The main problems now are: the objective of the test is not clear and definite; main and adjuvant points are not clear; needling manipulation is not clear or has no standards of manipulation; the model of the needling instrument is not definite, etc. For really becoming acupuncture therapy as a world medicine, it is necessary to continuously complete and raise the test design, manipulation standardization and united quantitative standard in acupuncture therapy for rehabilitation of stroke.
authors.affiliation: China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Institute of TCM Clinical Basic Medicine, Beijing 100700, China. zhinanb2005@yahoo.com.cn
authors.forename: Ying-Jie
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Zhi
authors.forename: Yan-Ming
authors.initials: YM
authors.lastname: Xie
authors.forename: Hong
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Yong-Yan
authors.initials: YY
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D015669:Acupuncture Points; D015670:Acupuncture Therapy / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards*; D020521:Stroke / Q000628:therapy*