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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...
Autores principales: | Irnich, Dominik, Salih, Norbert, Offenbächer, Martin, Fleckenstein, Johannes |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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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 |
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