Is sham laser a valid control for acupuncture trials?

Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 2011, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Irnich, Dominik ^a   Salih, Norbert ^b   OffenbÃ̌cher, Martin ^c   Fleckenstein, Johannes ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b City of Munich   (Germany)

^c Physical Medicine   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LASER; NEEDLE ACUPUNCTURE; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SENSORY STIMULATION; SHAM LASER ACUPUNCTURE; SHAM PROCEDURE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 79955091764     PISSN: 1741427X     EISSN: 17414288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ecam/neq009     Document Type: Article

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