Review Article
Randomized Controlled Trials on Complementary and Traditional Medicine in the Korean Literature
Table 2
Study design and types of interventions in complementary and traditional medicine randomized controlled trials in the Korean literature
(%).
| | Publication field | Natural products | Mind and body practices | Total () | | Herbal medicine () | Ginseng () | Vitamin diet-based therapy () | Acupuncture () | Pharmacoacupuncture () | Qigong
magnet () | Tuina technique () | Moxibustion therapy () | Massage () | Taping technique () | Cupping therapy () | Meditation
tai-chi
yoga
aroma therapy () |
| | Parallel design | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Parallel,
2 arms | 25 (83.3) | 10 (52.6) | 3 (60.0) | 101 (70.1) | 59 (84.3) | 29 (93.5) | 16 (94.1) | 12 (100.0) | 8 (80.0) | 7 (100.0) | 5 (100.0) | 9 (90.0) | 284 (78.9) | Parallel,
3 arms | 4 (13.3) | 2 (10.5) | | 25 (17.4) | 9 (12.9) | 2 (6.5) | 1 (5.9) | | 2 (20.0) | | |
1 (10.0) | 46 (12.8) | Parallel,
4 arms | |
1 (5.3) | 2 (40.0) | 4 (2.8) | 1 (1.4) | | | | | | | | 8 (2.2) | Parallel,
5 arms | | 4 (21.1) | | 1 (0.7) | | | | | | | | | 5 (1.4) | Parallel,
6 arms | | | | 1 (0.7) | | | | | | | | | 1 (0.3) | | Crossover design | 1 (3.3) | 2 (10.5) | | 12 (8.3) | 1 (1.4) | | | | | | | | 16 (4.4) |
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