Sham device versus inert pill: Randomised controlled trial of two placebo treatments

British Medical Journal

Volumn 332, Issue 7538, 2006, Pages 391-394

  Kaptchuk, Ted J ^a   Stason, William B ^b   Davis, Roger B ^a   Legedza, Anna T R ^a   Schnyer, Rosa N ^a   Kerr, Catherine E ^a   Stone, David A ^c   Nam, Bong Hyun ^a   Kirsch, Irving ^d   Goldman, Rose H ^e  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (Greece)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^e CAMBRIDGE HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ARM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GRIP STRENGTH; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEEDLE; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; TIME; ACUPUNCTURE ANALGESIA; ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HAND GRIP; INTRADERMAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; TABLET; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AMITRIPTYLINE; ANALGESIC AGENT; PLACEBO;

ACUPUNCTURE ANALGESIA; ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADULT; AGED; AMITRIPTYLINE; ANALGESICS, NON-NARCOTIC; ARM; FEMALE; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRADERMAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PLACEBOS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TABLETS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33644850645     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.38726.603310.55     Document Type: Article

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