Is Skin-Touch Sham Needle Not Placebo? A Double-Blind Crossover Study on Pain Alleviation

It remains an open question whether placebo/sham acupuncture, in which the needle tip presses the skin, can be used as a placebo device for research on pain. We compare the analgesic effect of the skin-touch placebo needle with that of the no-touch placebo needle, in which the needle tip does not to...

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Autores principales: Takayama, Miho, Yajima, Hiroyoshi, Kawase, Akiko, Homma, Ikuo, Izumizaki, Masahiko, Takakura, Nobuari
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2015
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4439487/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26064153
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/152086

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4439487/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26064153
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/152086

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