A Critical Evaluation of Acupuncture Research

a genre analytic study of research papers written by bilingual writers and their beliefs: a case of persian-english writers

تحقیق حاضر گزارشی است از تحلیل بخش مقدمه دو دسته از مقالات که عبارتند از: 11 مقاله از دو نویسنده دوزبانه فارسی زبان, که شامل مقدمه 4 مقاله به زبان انگلیسی و چاپ شده در مجلات بین المللی, مقدمه 3 مقاله به زبان انگلیسی و 4 مقاله به زبان فارسی چاپ شده در مجلات داخلی می شود؛ و 12 مقاله از محققان خارجی که در مجله applied linguistics به چاپ رسیده است. مبنای تئوری این تحلیل ها نظریه سوئلز (1990) یا هما...

Guidelines on conducting a critical research evaluation.

Placebo Acupuncture Devices: Considerations for Acupuncture Research

Determining an appropriate control for use in acupuncture research remains one of the largest methodological challenges acupuncture researchers face. In general, acupuncture controls fall under one of two categories: (1) sham acupuncture, in which the skin is punctured with real acupuncture needles either fully at nonacupoint locations or shallowly at acupoint locations or both and (2) placebo ...

Acupuncture in headache: a critical review.

Twenty-seven clinical trials that evaluated the efficacy of acupuncture in the treat ment of primary headaches (migraine headache, tension-type headache, and mixed forms) were reviewed. In the majority of the trials (23 of the 27 trials), it was concluded that acupuncture offers benefits in the treatment of headaches. Conversely, the evaluation of physical forms of treatment, including acupunct...

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