A controlled trial of placebo versus real acupuncture

Journal of Pain

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 237-242

  Goddard, Greg ^a   Shen, Yoshi ^a   Steele, Brian ^a   Springer, Nathan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Alternative medicine; Control; Dry needling; Noninvasive sham; Placebo

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO;

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENT; FEMALE; FISHER EXACT TEST; FOAM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NEEDLE; NORMAL HUMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; SKIN PENETRATION; TECHNIQUE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 16844377882     PISSN: 15265900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpain.2004.12.009     Document Type: Article

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