Non-penetrating sham needle, is it an adequate sham control in acupuncture research?

Complementary Therapies in Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2011, Pages

  Lee, Hyangsook ^a   Bang, Heejung ^b   Kim, Youngjin ^c   Park, Jongbae ^d   Lee, Sangjae ^a   Lee, Hyejung ^a   Park, Hi Joon ^a  

^a Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c Sangji University   (South Korea)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Blinding; Randomised controlled trial; Sham needle

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HAND; HUMAN; LEG; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NEEDLE; PAIN; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SENSATION; VOLUNTEER;

ACUPUNCTURE POINTS; ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; NEEDLES; PAIN; PLACEBOS; SENSATION; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650677742     PISSN: 09652299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ctim.2010.12.002     Document Type: Article

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