Article
Title: The Effectiveness of Participant Blinding of Non-Penetrating Sham/Placebo Acupuncture in Clinical Trials: A Systematic Review with Meta-Analysis
2021-02-17
Abstract excerpt
<h4>Background: </h4> Acupuncture clinical trial is important to evaluate the efficacy of acupuncture. However, it is challenging to achieve effective blinding due to the nature of acupuncture. A standardised placebo control method of acupuncture has yet to be established. The study focuses on the non-penetrating sham acupuncture because it eliminates the placebo effect and generates lesser physiological responses...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 88a0e5ff-b342-5dac-bd27-9f9374703edb
- DOI
- 10.21203/rs.3.rs-156277/v1
