STRICTA 2010:
STandards for Reporting Interventions
in Clinical Trials of Acupuncture

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Citing the STRICTA guidelines

When referring to the STRICTA reporting guidelines, we recommend using journal article citations rather than referring to the STRICTA website. If you are not already using a journal article citation, please cite :

MacPherson H, Altman DG, Hammerschlag R, Youping L, Taixiang W, White A, Moher D. Revised STandards for Reporting Interventions in Clinical Trials of Acupuncture (STRICTA): Extending the CONSORT Statement. PLoS Med 2010; 7(6): e1000261. doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1000261.[Full text]

Using the STRICTA guidelines

The STRICTA guidelines are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

However, because the guidelines represent a consensus agreed through successive drafts by the STRICTA Group, they should not be edited or modified in any way, although it is acceptable to publish portions (e.g. the checklist).