Acupuncture in sham device controlled trials may not be as effective as acupuncture in the real world: a preliminary network meta-analysis of studies of acupuncture for hot flashes in menopausal women

BACKGROUND: Randomised controlled trials of acupuncture performed using sham interventions to control for the placebo effect have mostly used two types of sham techniques: techniques with minimal insertion of acupuncture needles with no additional stimulation (shallow needling control) and technique...

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Published in:Acupunct Med
Main Authors: Kim, Tae-Hun, Lee, Myeong Soo, Alraek, Terje, Birch, Stephen
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: SAGE Publications 2019
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7041625/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31517500
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1136/acupmed-2018-011671
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