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Incomplete reporting and spin in acupuncture randomised controlled trials: a cross-sectional meta-epidemiological study

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  • Yuting Duan Evidence Based Medicine Center, The Affiliated Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, People's Republic of ChinaClinical School of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, ChinaThe Affiliated Guangzhou Hospital of TCM of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Pinge Zhao The Affiliated Brain Hospital, Guangzhou Medical University, Key Laboratory of Neurogenetics and Channelopathies of Guangdong Province and the Ministry of Education of China, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Yuening Deng Evidence Based Medicine Center, The Affiliated Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, People's Republic of ChinaClinical School of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Zhirui Xu Evidence Based Medicine Center, The Affiliated Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Siqi Wu Evidence Based Medicine Center, The Affiliated Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Lin Shi Evidence Based Medicine Center, The Affiliated Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Feng Jiang Evidence Based Medicine Center, The Affiliated Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Shujuan Liu Evidence Based Medicine Center, The Affiliated Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, People's Republic of ChinaClinical School of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Xinyu Li Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong, Hong Kong PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Binbin Tang Clinical School of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Jinjin Zhou The Affiliated Guangzhou Hospital of TCM of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Lin Yu Evidence Based Medicine Center, The Affiliated Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, People's Republic of ChinaClinical School of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, ChinaThe Affiliated Guangzhou Hospital of TCM of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  1. Correspondence to Dr Yuting Duan; duanyt{at}gzhmu.edu.cn; Dr Lin Yu; yul{at}gzhmu.edu.cn
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Duan Y, Zhao P, Deng Y, et al
Incomplete reporting and spin in acupuncture randomised controlled trials: a cross-sectional meta-epidemiological study
BMJ Evidence-Based Medicine Published Online First: 03 April 2025. doi: 10.1136/bmjebm-2024-113364

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  • Accepted March 3, 2025
  • First published April 3, 2025.

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