Descriptions of sham acupuncture in randomised controlled trials: a critical review of the literature

• Main Authors: Yixuan Xie (Author), Xiaoyu Liu (Author), Tinglan Liu (Author), Chiyun Sun (Author), Zeyin Xin (Author), Yuzhi Hu (Author), Yue Wang (Author), Cheng Zhang (Author), Shiyan Yan (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2023-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Sham acupuncture is usually used to assess the specific effects of acupuncture. However, the reporting quality of sham acupuncture remains unclear despite its critical importance in understanding and analyzing the effects of acupuncture. This paper presents a literature review ai...