Sham interventions in randomized clinical trials of acupuncture - A review

Complementary Therapies in Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 235-242

  Dincer, F ^a   Linde, Klaus ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO;

ACUPUNCTURE; ANGINA PECTORIS; ASTHMA; BACKACHE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; FACE PAIN; FIBROMYALGIA; HEADACHE; HIP OSTEOARTHRITIS; HUMAN; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; LASER; LOW BACK PAIN; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MEDLINE; NECK PAIN; NEEDLE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PAIN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SENSATION; SHOULDER HAND SYNDROME; SMOKING CESSATION; STANDARDIZATION; STROKE; TENDINITIS; TINNITUS; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 1442301581     PISSN: 09652299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0965-2299(03)00124-9     Document Type: Article

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