Historical perspectives on using sham acupuncture in acupuncture clinical trials [PDF]
Integrative Medicine Research, 2022 Background: Trials of acupuncture in the West began before textbooks about acupuncture were generally available. This placed trials at risk of possible faulty assumptions about the practice of acupuncture and adoption of problematic research assumptions ...
Stephen Birch +2 more
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Plausible Mechanism of Sham Acupuncture Based on Biomarkers: A Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials [PDF]
Frontiers in Neuroscience, 2022 IntroductionSham acupuncture was developed to be used as an inert control intervention in clinical trials of acupuncture. However, controversies exist regarding the validity of sham acupuncture.
Tae-Hun Kim +2 more
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The effect of sham acupuncture can differ depending on the points needled in knee osteoarthritis: A systematic review and network meta-analysis [PDF]
HeliyonObjective: In sham acupuncture-controlled acupuncture clinical trials, although sham acupuncture techniques are different from those of verum acupuncture, the same acupuncture points are often used for verum and sham acupuncture, raising the question of ...
Boram Lee, Chan-Young Kwon, Hye-won Lee
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Descriptions of sham acupuncture in randomised controlled trials: a critical review of the literature [PDF]
BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies, 2023 Background Sham acupuncture is usually used to assess the specific effects of acupuncture. However, the reporting quality of sham acupuncture remains unclear despite its critical importance in understanding and analyzing the effects of acupuncture.
Yixuan Xie +8 more
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The design and reporting of sham acupuncture and its association with the efficacy in acupuncture randomized controlled trials for migraine [PDF]
BMC Complementary Medicine and TherapiesBackground In current trials of acupuncture for migraine treatment, the heterogeneity in therapeutic outcomes has been noted, which may be closely tied to the use of diverse sham acupuncture designs.
Shuangjing Li +7 more
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Comparison of Acupuncture and Sham Acupuncture in Migraine Treatment: An Overview of Systematic Reviews. [PDF]
Neurologist, 2022 Background: Acupuncture is widely used for treating migraine; however, evidence of its efficacy when compared with sham acupuncture is equivocal. This study aimed to compare the evaluate efficacy of acupuncture versus sham acupuncture in migraine treatment.
Li M, Wang W, Gao W, Yang D.
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Global research trends of sham acupuncture: A bibliometric analysis
Complementary Therapies in Medicine, 2023 Objective: Sham acupuncture has been used as a control in acupuncture efficacy trials. However, questions have been raised about whether it is a physiologically inert placebo.
Boram Lee, Chan-Young Kwon, Ye-Seul Lee
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Harmonic effects of sham acupuncture at Tsu San Li (St-36) in the radial pulse wave [PDF]
Journal of Traditional and Complementary Medicine, 2023 Background and aim: Acupuncture has been criticized as a theatrical placebo for the sham effect. Unfortunately, sham tests used in control groups in acupuncture studies have always ignored the underlying biophysical factors, including resonance involved ...
Kuang-Chieh Hsueh +5 more
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Differential placebo effect of sham acupuncture for chronic pain: a network meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials [PDF]
BMC Complementary Medicine and TherapiesBackground The clinical effects of acupuncture are often underestimated due to the placebo effect of sham acupuncture. While multiple sham acupuncture methods have been used in clinical practice, it is challenging to select the appropriate sham ...
Renhong Wan +11 more
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Effectiveness of Traditional Chinese Acupuncture versus Sham Acupuncture: a Systematic Review [PDF]
Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem, 2016 Objective: to identify and synthesize the evidence from randomized clinical trials that tested the effectiveness of traditional Chinese acupuncture in relation to sham acupuncture for the treatment of hot flashes in menopausal women with breast cancer.
Luís Carlos Lopes-Júnior +5 more
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