Are minimal, superficial or sham acupuncture procedures acceptable as inert placebo controls?

Acupuncture in Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 13-15

  Lund, Iréne ^a   Lundeberg, Thomas ^b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b DANDERYD HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Control; Placebo

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO;

ACUPUNCTURE; ANALGESIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; ELBOW DISEASE; ELBOW PAIN; EMOTION; HORMONE RESPONSE; HUMAN; INSULA; KNEE PAIN; LOW BACK PAIN; MECHANORECEPTOR; MIGRAINE; MINIMAL ACUPUNCTURE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NONMYELINATED NERVE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SENSORY NERVE; SHAM ACUPUNCTURE; SHORT SURVEY; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SUPERFICIAL ACUPUNCTURE; TACTILE STIMULATION;

EID: 33645771235     PISSN: 09645284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/aim.24.1.13     Document Type: Short Survey

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