Developing and validating a sham acupuncture needle

Acupuncture in Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 118-122

  Tough, Elizabeth A ^a   White, Adrian R ^a   Richards, Suzanne H ^a   Lord, Brian ^b   Campbell, John L ^a  

^a PENINSULA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO;

ACUPUNCTURE; ACUPUNCTURE ANALGESIA; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MYOFASCIAL PAIN; NEEDLE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PLACEBO EFFECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALIDATION STUDY;

ACUPUNCTURE ANALGESIA; ACUPUNCTURE POINTS; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOFASCIAL PAIN SYNDROMES; NEEDLES; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PLACEBO EFFECT; PLACEBOS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77956216426     PISSN: 09645284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/aim.2009.000737     Document Type: Article

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