Do placebo effects associated with sham osteopathic procedure occur in newborns? Results of a randomized controlled trial

Complementary Therapies in Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 197-202

  Martelli, Marta ^a,b   Cardinali, Lucia ^a   Barlafante, Gina ^a,b   Pizzolorusso, Gianfranco ^a,b   Renzetti, Cinzia ^a,b   Cerritelli, Francesco ^a,b  

^a AIOT Accademia Italiana Osteopatia Tradizionale   (Italy)

^b European Institute for Evidence Based Osteopathic Medicine (EBOM)   (Italy)

Author keywords

Osteopathic manipulative treatment; Placebo; Placebo effect; Sham

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; ITALY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE; PEDIATRICS; PLACEBO EFFECT; PREMATURITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SHAM PROCEDURE; WEIGHT GAIN; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

PLACEBO;

FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; ITALY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MANIPULATION, OSTEOPATHIC; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PLACEBO EFFECT; PLACEBOS; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 84898834425     PISSN: 09652299     EISSN: 18736963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ctim.2014.01.009     Document Type: Article

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