Effect of placebo acupuncture over no-treatment: A simple model incorporating the placebo and nocebo effects

Complementary Therapies in Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue , 2016, Pages 69-72

  Koog, Yun Hyung ^a  

^a Medifarm Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Additive model; Nocebo effect; Placebo acupuncture; Placebo effect

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONSENSUS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NOCEBO EFFECT; PLACEBO EFFECT; TREATMENT RESPONSE; PROCEDURES; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NOCEBO EFFECT; PLACEBO EFFECT;

EID: 84957684660     PISSN: 09652299     EISSN: 18736963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ctim.2015.12.007     Document Type: Article

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