Published reports of acupuncture trials showed important limitations

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 107-113

  Manheimer, Eric ^a   Ezzo, Jeanette ^b   Hadhazy, Victoria ^c   Berman, Brian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JPS Enterprises   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Double blind; Health technology assessment; Quality; Randomized controlled trial; Survey; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL TRIAL; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; DATA COLLECTION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; HUMANS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 30944454871     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2005.06.003     Document Type: Review

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