Placebo laser controlled, computer controlled double blind study - A new attempt at basic research;Placebo-laser kontrollierte, computer gesteuerte doppelblind-untersuchung - Neue ansätze für die akupunktur-grundlagenforschung

Deutsche Zeitschrift fur Akupunktur

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 18-23

  Siedentopf, Christian Michael ^a,c   Haala, I A ^a,c   Koppelstatter F ^a,c   Verius, M ^a   Golaszewski, S ^b,c   Schikora, D ^d   Felber, S ^a   Schlager, A ^a,e  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PADERBORN   (Germany)

^e LUDWIG BOLTZMANN INSTITUTE FOR LUNG VASCULAR RESEARCH   (Austria)

Author keywords

Double blind study; Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI); Laser acupuncture; Placebo

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO;

ACUPUNCTURE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; COMPUTER SYSTEM; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; LASER; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; NEEDLE;

EID: 16444383491     PISSN: 04156412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/0415-6412-00091     Document Type: Article

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