Minimal acupuncture is not a valid placebo control in randomised controlled trials of acupuncture: a physiologist's perspective

• Main Authors: Lundeberg Thomas (Author), Näslund Jan (Author), Lund Iréne (Author)
• Format: Knjiga
• Izdano: BMC, 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Teme: article
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>Placebo-control of acupuncture is used to evaluate and distinguish between the specific effects and the non-specific ones. During 'true' acupuncture treatment in general, the needles are inserted into acupoints and stimulated until <it>deqi </i...