title: [Enlightenment of big-data era on clinical research of TCM and acupuncture].
abstract: The big-data era has arrived, which involves all professions and trades. Its impact on the medical field has gradually revealed. With the characteristics of big data "4V" (volume, velocity, variety, value) and its theory generality with TCM (holistic thinking, correlativity) as well as regularity of disease development, combined with present status of acupuncture clinical research, the influences of big-data era on trial design, data collection, analysis and sharing of acupuncture clinical research are discussed in this paper, aiming to provide references for solving the difficulties of study design and determining the future research direction of acupuncture clinical research.
authors.forename: Tianyi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Bo
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Xingfang
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Pan
authors.forename: Yongming
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Guo
authors.forename: Yi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Guo
mesh_terms: D015670:Acupuncture Therapy; D035843:Biomedical Research; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D003628:Database Management Systems; D006801:Humans; D008516:Medicine, Chinese Traditional