TY - JOUR
AU - Kim, Sung-A
AU - Lee, Ji-Su
AU - Kim, Taegon
AU - Kim, Tae-Hun
AU - Kwon, Sunoh
AU - Kang, Jung Won
PY - 2024
DA - November
TI - Efficacy and safety of acupuncture treatment for fatigue after COVID-19 infection: study protocol for a pilot randomized sham-controlled trial
JO - Frontiers in Neurology
VL - 14
DO - https://doi.org/10.3389/fneur.2023.1302793
AB - Background: As the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has spread globally, its sequelae, called Long COVID, have persisted, troubling patients worldwide. Although fatigue is known to be the most frequent among Long COVID symptoms, its mechanism and treatment have not been clearly demonstrated. In 2022, we conducted a preliminary prospective case series and found that acupuncture and moxibustion were feasible interventions for fatigue. This study is a pilot patient-assessor-blinded randomized sham-controlled trial to evaluate the efficacy and safety of acupuncture treatment for patients with fatigue that has persisted for at least 4 weeks after recovery from COVID-19.
PB - Frontiers Media
UR - https://hdl.handle.net/2164/24211
KW - Coronavirus (COVID-19)
KW - Mental health and wellbeing
ER