title: [Quality control of acupuncture clinical trials].
abstract: In order to improve the quality of acupuncture clinical trials, in view of the shortage of design and application of acupuncture clinical trials at present, the authors paper put forward concrete control measures from aspects of subjective factors, objective factors and quality monitoring of acupuncture clinical trials, which are helpful to guarantee the quality of trials and could be reference for other researchers. The results indicate that strict quality control measures are the guarantee of high-quality acupuncture clinical trials.
authors.affiliation: Department of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, Guang'anmen Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing 100053, China. liuzhishun@yahoo.com.cn
authors.forename: Zhi-Shun
authors.initials: ZS
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Yang
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Bao-Hui
authors.initials: BH
authors.lastname: Jia
mesh_terms: D015670:Acupuncture Therapy / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards*; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D011786:Quality Control