Published on in Vol 15 (2026)

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/82683, first published .
Effect of Du-Moxibustion Combined With Spine-Pinching Therapy on Cognitive Frailty in Older Adults With Prefrailty: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial

Effect of Du-Moxibustion Combined With Spine-Pinching Therapy on Cognitive Frailty in Older Adults With Prefrailty: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial

Effect of Du-Moxibustion Combined With Spine-Pinching Therapy on Cognitive Frailty in Older Adults With Prefrailty: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial

Suzhen Liu   1 * , BMedSci, CMP ;   Mengxia Qi   2 * , BMedSci ;   Hua-Fang Li   1 , BSc ;   Ziqiu Ye   3 , MMed ;   Yu Xu   1 , MMed ;   Xiangying Yang   1 , MD, PhD

1 The Geriatrics Department, Affiliated Hangzhou First People's Hospital, School of Medicine, Westlake University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China

2 School of Nursing, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China

3 The Fourth Clinical Medical College, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China

*these authors contributed equally

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