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Is Sham Laser a Valid Control for Acupuncture Trials?

Methodological problems of acupuncture trials focus on adequate placebo controls. In this trial we evaluated the use of sham laser acupuncture as a control procedure. Thirty-four healthy volunteers received verum laser (invisible infrared laser emission and red light, 45 s and 1 J per point) and sha...

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Autores principales: Irnich, Dominik, Salih, Norbert, Offenbächer, Martin, Fleckenstein, Johannes
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3135659/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21772922
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ecam/neq009