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Title |
Efficacy of acupuncture for chronic knee pain: protocol for a randomised controlled trial using a Zelen design
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Published in |
BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies, September 2012
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DOI | 10.1186/1472-6882-12-161 |
Pubmed ID | |
Authors |
Rana S Hinman, Paul McCrory, Marie Pirotta, Ian Relf, Kay M Crossley, Prasuna Reddy, Andrew Forbes, Anthony Harris, Ben R Metcalf, Mary Kyriakides, Kitty Novy, Kim L Bennell |
Abstract |
Chronic knee pain is a common and disabling condition in people over 50 years of age, with knee joint osteoarthritis being a major cause. Acupuncture is a popular form of complementary and alternative medicine for treating pain and dysfunction associated with musculoskeletal conditions. This pragmatic Zelen-design randomised controlled trial is investigating the efficacy and cost-effectiveness of needle and laser acupuncture, administered by medical practitioners, in people with chronic knee pain. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 9 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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United Kingdom | 2 | 22% |
Germany | 1 | 11% |
United States | 1 | 11% |
Mexico | 1 | 11% |
Unknown | 4 | 44% |
Demographic breakdown
Type | Count | As % |
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Members of the public | 7 | 78% |
Scientists | 1 | 11% |
Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 11% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 230 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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United Kingdom | 3 | 1% |
United States | 1 | <1% |
Italy | 1 | <1% |
Australia | 1 | <1% |
Unknown | 224 | 97% |
Demographic breakdown
Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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Student > Master | 42 | 18% |
Student > Bachelor | 26 | 11% |
Student > Ph. D. Student | 23 | 10% |
Researcher | 22 | 10% |
Student > Postgraduate | 13 | 6% |
Other | 39 | 17% |
Unknown | 65 | 28% |
Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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Medicine and Dentistry | 77 | 33% |
Nursing and Health Professions | 29 | 13% |
Sports and Recreations | 10 | 4% |
Psychology | 7 | 3% |
Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 6 | 3% |
Other | 27 | 12% |
Unknown | 74 | 32% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 21. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 01 June 2016.
All research outputs
#1,527,250
of 22,678,224 outputs
Outputs from BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies
#255
of 3,618 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#10,033
of 170,591 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies
#7
of 77 outputs
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