Practice, practitioner, or placebo? A multifactorial, mixed-methods randomized controlled trial of acupuncture

Pain

Volumn 153, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 455-462

  White, Peter ^a   Bishop, Felicity L ^b   Prescott, Phil ^a   Scott, Clare ^b   Little, Paul ^b   Lewith, George ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Mixed methods; Nonspecific effects; Placebo; RCT

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; BONE PAIN; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; HEALTH BELIEF; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; OSTEOARTHRITIC PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSICIAN; PLACEBO EFFECT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE;

ACUPUNCTURE ANALGESIA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHRALGIA; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHRONIC PAIN; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DISABILITY EVALUATION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84855947370     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: 18726623     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2011.11.007     Document Type: Article

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