The impact of patient expectations on outcomes in four randomized controlled trials of acupuncture in patients with chronic pain

Pain

Volumn 128, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 264-271

  Linde, Klaus ^a   Witt, Claudia M ^b   Streng, Andrea ^a   Weidenhammer, Wolfgang ^a   Wagenpfeil, Stefan ^c   Brinkhaus, Benno ^b   Willich, Stefan N ^b   Melchart, Dieter ^a,d  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Expectations; Pain; Placebo

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRAINE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; TENSION HEADACHE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PLACEBO EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33847667607     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2006.12.006     Document Type: Article

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