Credibility of a comparative sham control intervention for Craniosacral Therapy in patients with chronic neck pain

Complementary Therapies in Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1053-1059

  Haller, Heidemarie ^a   Ostermann, Thomas ^b   Lauche, Romy ^a   Cramer, Holger ^a   Dobos, Gustav ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WITTEN HERDECKE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Blinding success; Craniosacral therapy; Placebo effect; Sham procedure; Treatment credibility

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC NECK PAIN; CHRONIC PAIN; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIOSACRAL THERAPY; CREDIBILITY/EXPECTANCY QUESTIONNAIRE; FEMALE; GENERAL CONDITION DETERIORATION; HELPING ALLIANCE/SATISFACTION QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECK PAIN; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PATIENT SCHEDULING; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF REPORT; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); STANDARDS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; CHRONIC PAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK PAIN; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 84912127327     PISSN: 09652299     EISSN: 18736963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ctim.2014.09.007     Document Type: Article

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