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Effect of Blinding With a New Pragmatic Placebo Needle: A Randomized Controlled Crossover Study

Placebo control is a useful method for determining the efficacy of a therapy. In acupuncture researches, the preferred method for placebo control is acupuncture using a placebo needle that has a blunt tip and achieves no skin penetration. We performed a crossover study to validate the blinding effec...

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Autores principales: Liu, Baoyan, Xu, Huanfang, Ma, Rui, Mo, Qian, Yan, Shiyan, Liu, Zhishun
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer Health 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4602803/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25501074
http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/MD.0000000000000200