Discrimination of Real and Sham Acupuncture Needles Using the Park Sham Device: A Preliminary Study

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 90, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2141-2145

  Tan, Chee Wee ^a   Christie, Lauren ^b   St Georges, Véronique ^c   Telford, Nicola ^d  

^a QUEEN MARGARET UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b South Grange Care Centre   (United Kingdom)

^c Back in Motion Rehabilitation   (Canada)

^d NHS LOTHIAN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Placebos; Rehabilitation; Signal detection, psychological; Validation studies at topic

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; REAL NEEDLE; SHAM NEEDLE;

ACUPUNCTURE POINTS; ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLES; PLACEBOS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 71249121543     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2009.08.142     Document Type: Article

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