Efficacy of acupuncture in the treatment of post-stroke depression: A study protocol of a randomized controlled trial

Menghan Li; Dawei Ran; Xinming Yang; Yu Wang; Qian Zhu; Xiaoli Song; Lei Shi; Yuzheng Du

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0303162

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Efficacy of acupuncture in the treatment of post-stroke depression: A study protocol of a randomized controlled trial

Menghan Li ,

Roles Funding acquisition

* E-mail: limenghan01@126.com (ML); shilei1978ster@gmail.com (LS)

¶‡ ML and DR contributed equally to this work and share first authorship

Affiliations Clinical Department of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, First Teaching Hospital of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, China, National Clinical Research Center for Chinese Medicine Acupuncture and Moxibustion, Tianjin, China
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Dawei Ran ,

Roles Conceptualization

¶‡ ML and DR contributed equally to this work and share first authorship

Affiliations Clinical Department of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, First Teaching Hospital of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, China, National Clinical Research Center for Chinese Medicine Acupuncture and Moxibustion, Tianjin, China
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Xinming Yang,

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Clinical Department of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, First Teaching Hospital of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, China, National Clinical Research Center for Chinese Medicine Acupuncture and Moxibustion, Tianjin, China

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9974-0946

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Yu Wang,

Roles Conceptualization

Affiliations Clinical Department of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, First Teaching Hospital of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, China, National Clinical Research Center for Chinese Medicine Acupuncture and Moxibustion, Tianjin, China
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Qian Zhu,

Roles Investigation

Affiliations Clinical Department of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, First Teaching Hospital of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, China, National Clinical Research Center for Chinese Medicine Acupuncture and Moxibustion, Tianjin, China
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Xiaoli Song,

Roles Software

Affiliations Clinical Department of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, First Teaching Hospital of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, China, National Clinical Research Center for Chinese Medicine Acupuncture and Moxibustion, Tianjin, China
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Lei Shi ,

Roles Methodology

* E-mail: limenghan01@126.com (ML); shilei1978ster@gmail.com (LS)

Affiliations Clinical Department of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, First Teaching Hospital of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, China, National Clinical Research Center for Chinese Medicine Acupuncture and Moxibustion, Tianjin, China
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Yuzheng Du

Roles Investigation

Affiliations Clinical Department of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, First Teaching Hospital of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, China, National Clinical Research Center for Chinese Medicine Acupuncture and Moxibustion, Tianjin, China
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Efficacy of acupuncture in the treatment of post-stroke depression: A study protocol of a randomized controlled trial

Menghan Li,
Dawei Ran,
Xinming Yang,
Yu Wang,
Qian Zhu,
Xiaoli Song,
Lei Shi,
Yuzheng Du

Published: August 28, 2024
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0303162

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