Is Placebo Acupuncture What It Is Intended to Be?
Randomized, placebo-controlled clinical trials are recommended for evaluation of a treatment's efficacy with the goal of separating the specific effects (verum) from the non-specific ones (placebo). In order to be able to carry out placebo-controlled acupuncture trials, minimal/sham acupuncture...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Hindawi Limited
2011-01-01
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| Series: | Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine |
| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ecam/nep049 |