Developing and validating a sham cupping device

Acupuncture in Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 200-204

  Lee, Myeong Soo ^a   Kim, Jong Ln ^a,b   Kong, Jae Cheol ^c   Lee, Dong Hyo ^a,c   Shin, Byung Cheul ^d  

^a Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine (KIOM)   (South Korea)

^b Kyung Hee University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Wonkwang University   (South Korea)

^d Pusan National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO;

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FUNCTIONS OF THE SKIN AND ITS APPENDAGES; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLE; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSATION; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; STANDARD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALIDATION STUDY;

ACUPUNCTURE POINTS; ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; ADULT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLES; PLACEBOS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSATION; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; SKIN PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESSES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79551611871     PISSN: 09645284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/aim.2010.002329     Document Type: Article

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