Credibility of a newly designed placebo needle for clinical trials in acupuncture research

Forschende Komplementarmedizin und Klassische Naturheilkunde

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 368-372

  Fink, M ^a   Gutenbrunner, C ^a   Rollnik, J ^a   Karst, M ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acupuncture research; deqi; Placebo; Placebo needle

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEEDLE; PHYSICAL MEDICINE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TENSION HEADACHE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNIVERSITY;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLES; PLACEBOS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RESEARCH DESIGN; TENSION-TYPE HEADACHE;

EID: 0035697272     PISSN: 14247364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000057254     Document Type: Article

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