Peer-reviewedCC BY-NCBMJ open8 Oct 2026

Effectiveness and safety of electroacupuncture as an adjunct to guideline-based usual care for acute lumbar disc herniation: a multicentre, randomised, sham-controlled trial protocol.

Zheng Yan¹
Peijie You¹
Qilong Lai¹
Yicheng Zhu¹
Suliang Xu¹
Xiao Shen¹
Yibo Wang¹
Yitao Sun²
Jiao Xia³
Guanhong Liu⁴
Jingtao Liu¹
Guanyi Gong⁵

5 affiliations

¹Suzhou TCM Hospital Affiliated to Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Suzhou, China.
²Changshu Hospital Affiliated to Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Changshu, China.
³Sichuan Provincial Orthopaedic Hospital, Chengdu, China.
⁴Suqian Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Suqian, China.
⁵Suzhou TCM Hospital Affiliated to Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Suzhou, China [email protected].

Read full text PDF DOI Cite

Effectiveness of intravenous paracetamol plus ibuprofen versus intravenous paracetamol plus metamizole for pain in children with acute pancreatitis at tertiary referral centres in Poland: a multicentre randomised controlled trial protocol
Aleksandra Anna Warchoł, Jan Stanisław Bukowski, Aleksandra Banaszkiewicz
BMJ Open23 Oct 2026Peer-reviewedCC BY-NC 4.0Full textSurgery & anaesthesiaCrossrefDOAJPMC
Effectiveness of interventions to promote couples-based HIV testing and family health during pregnancy and postpartum in Kenya: a multicentre, couples-based, randomised controlled trial
Janet M. Turan, Zachary Kwena, Kevin Owuor +9
The Lancet HIV29 Jun 2026Peer-reviewedCC BY-NC-ND17 citedInfectious diseaseOpenAlex
Electroacupuncture with different pulse patterns for the post-acute phase of Bell's palsy: a study protocol for a randomised controlled trial with surface electromyography evaluation.
Lexuan Li, Zhiyuan Bian, Yurong Jiang +5
BMJ open8 Oct 2026Peer-reviewedCC BY-NCFull textNeurologyEurope PMCCrossref
TeleBACK clinical trial: comparing the effectiveness of telerehabilitation and in-clinic physical therapy for patients with chronic low back pain - protocol for a multicentre, pragmatic, individually randomised group treatment trial.
Kevin H McLaughlin, Julie M Fritz, Kate I Minick +9
BMJ open20 Oct 2026Peer-reviewedCC BY-NCFull textPharmacology & toxicologyEurope PMCCrossref
Comparison of ‘quilting sutures’ with ‘conventional sutures and drain placement’ after mastectomy: protocol for the BE-Quilt – a multicentre, pragmatic randomised controlled trial
Suzanna De Winter, Anaïs Brouckaert, Kathleen Lambein +5
BMJ Open2 Nov 2026Peer-reviewedLicence not statedGeneral medicineCrossref

Cite

BibTeX RIS

BibTeX

@article{yan2026effectiveness,
  title = {{Effectiveness and safety of electroacupuncture as an adjunct to guideline-based usual care for acute lumbar disc herniation: a multicentre, randomised, sham-controlled trial protocol.}},
  author = {Zheng Yan and Peijie You and Qilong Lai and Yicheng Zhu and Suliang Xu and Xiao Shen and Yibo Wang and Yitao Sun and Jiao Xia and Guanhong Liu and Jingtao Liu and Guanyi Gong},
  journal = {BMJ open},
  year = {2026},
  month = oct,
  doi = {10.1136/bmjopen-2026-121882},
  url = {https://europepmc.org/article/MED/42849958},
  note = {CC BY-NC},
}

RIS

TY  - JOUR
TI  - Effectiveness and safety of electroacupuncture as an adjunct to guideline-based usual care for acute lumbar disc herniation: a multicentre, randomised, sham-controlled trial protocol.
AU  - Zheng Yan
AU  - Peijie You
AU  - Qilong Lai
AU  - Yicheng Zhu
AU  - Suliang Xu
AU  - Xiao Shen
AU  - Yibo Wang
AU  - Yitao Sun
AU  - Jiao Xia
AU  - Guanhong Liu
AU  - Jingtao Liu
AU  - Guanyi Gong
PY  - 2026
DA  - 2026/10/08
JO  - BMJ open
DO  - 10.1136/bmjopen-2026-121882
UR  - https://europepmc.org/article/MED/42849958
SN  - 2044-6055
ER  -

Related

Cite