Placebo acupuncture devices: Considerations for acupuncture research

Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 2013, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Zhu, Dan ^a,b   Gao, Ying ^a   Chang, Jingling ^a   Kong, Jian ^b  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER; STAINLESS STEEL;

ACUPUNCTURE; ACUPUNCTURE NEEDLE; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); DEVICE THERAPY; FOAM; FOAM DEVICE; HUMAN; JAPANESE DEVICE; LASER ACUPUNCTURE; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; NECK PAIN; PARK DEVICE; PLACEBO ACUPUNCTURE DEVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RATING SCALE; REVIEW; SKIN; STREITBERGER DEVICE; THERAPY EFFECT; TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRICAL NERVE STIMULATOR; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION; VALIDATION STUDY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 84879287482     PISSN: 1741427X     EISSN: 17414288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2013/628907     Document Type: Review

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