Trial registration as a safeguard against outcome reporting bias and spin? A case study of randomized controlled trials of acupuncture

• Jiyoon Won,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliations Department of Korean Medical Science, Graduate School, Kyung Hee University, Dongdaemun-gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea, Acupuncture & Meridian Science Research Centre, College of Korean Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Dongdaemun-gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea

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• Seoyeon Kim,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Korean Medical Science, Graduate School, Kyung Hee University, Dongdaemun-gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea, Acupuncture & Meridian Science Research Centre, College of Korean Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Dongdaemun-gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea

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• Inhu Bae,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Kyung Hee University Korean Medicine Hospital, Dongdaemun-gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea

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• Hyangsook Lee

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: erc633@khu.ac.kr

  Affiliations Department of Korean Medical Science, Graduate School, Kyung Hee University, Dongdaemun-gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea, Acupuncture & Meridian Science Research Centre, College of Korean Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Dongdaemun-gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1107-9389

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