Acupuncture treatment for pain: Systematic review of randomised clinical trials with acupuncture, placebo acupuncture, and no acupuncture groups

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 338, Issue 7690, 2009, Pages 330-333

  Madsen, Matias Vested ^a   Gøtzsche, Peter C ^a   Hróbjartsson, Asbjørn ^a  

^a International Center for Research and Research Training in Endocrine Disruption of Male Reproduction and Child Health   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ACUPUNCTURE ANALGESIA; ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN; PLACEBO EFFECT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THERAPY EFFECT;

ACUPUNCTURE ANALGESIA; ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; HUMANS; PAIN; PLACEBOS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 61849128709     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.a3115     Document Type: Article

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