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Non-specific effects of acupuncture and sham acupuncture in clinical trials from the patient’s perspective: a systematic review of qualitative evidence

Acupuncture in Medicine, 2020
Background Previous clinical trials have demonstrated that both acupuncture and sham acupuncture exert significant, non-specific effects on treatment outcomes when compared to no-treatment controls.
R. Ho, C. Wong, Justin C.Y. Wu, Samuel Y. S. Wong, V. Chung   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Sham Acupuncture Devices – Practical Advice for Researchers

Acupuncture in Medicine, 2007
Several validated sham acupuncture devices have recently become available. While some debate exists on whether such needles are the best placebo control for an RCT of acupuncture, practical advice based on research experience is missing from the literature.
Claire A, McManus, Rosa N, Schnyer, Jian, Kong, Long T, Nguyen, Bong, Hyun Nam, Rose, Goldman, William B, Stason, Ted J, Kaptchuk   +7 more
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A randomized controlled trial of real versus sham acupuncture for basal thumb joint arthritis

Journal of Hand Surgery (European Volume), 2020
We report a single-blinded randomized controlled trial comparing acupuncture to sham (non-penetrating) needling for relief of symptoms of basal thumb joint arthritis.
A. Barnard, V. Jansen, M. Swindells, M. Arundell, F. Burke   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Randomized Controlled Trial of Acupuncture Versus Sham Acupuncture in Autism Spectrum Disorder

The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, 2010
We aim to study the efficacy of acupuncture versus sham acupuncture in children with autism spectrum disorder.A single-blind randomized control trial was conducted in 50 children. These children were randomly assigned to the treatment group with tongue acupuncture (40 sessions over 8 weeks) or the control group (sham tongue acupuncture to nonacupoints ...
Sun, JG, Wong, VCN
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Efficacy and Safety of Acupuncture for Chronic Discogenic Sciatica, a Randomized Controlled Sham Acupuncture Trial.

Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.), 2019
OBJECTIVE To evaluate the efficacy and safety of acupuncture for discogenic sciatica. DESIGN Single-center, parallel, randomized controlled sham acupuncture trial.
Ziling Huang, Sixing Liu, Jing Zhou, Qin Yao, Zhishun Liu   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Acupuncture is superior to sham for painful conditions

Evidence Based Medicine, 2013
Commentary on: Vickers AJ, Cronin AM, Maschino AC, et al. Acupuncture Trialists’ Collaboration. Acupuncture for chronic pain: individual patient data meta-analysis. Arch Intern Med 2012;172:1444–53.[OpenUrl][1][CrossRef][2][PubMed][3][Web of Science][4] Acupuncture is controversial.
Adrian, White, Jens, Foell
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Does Prior Acupuncture Exposure Affect Perception of Blinded Real Or Sham Acupuncture?

Acupuncture in Medicine, 2014
Objective To determine if acupuncture-exposed and naïve participants differ in their perceptions of real and sham acupuncture under blinded conditions. Methods The setting was an outpatient clinic at the Colorado School of Traditional Chinese Medicine. Participants were between the ages of 18 and 90 years.
Caitlin R, Dilli, Rebecca, Childs, Julie, Berk, M K, Christian, Nancy, Nguyen, R Preston, Brown, Benzi M, Kluger   +6 more
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A Randomized Clinical Trial of Acupuncture Compared with Sham Acupuncture in Fibromyalgia

Annals of Internal Medicine, 2005
Fibromyalgia is a common chronic pain condition for which patients frequently use acupuncture.To determine whether acupuncture relieves pain in fibromyalgia.Randomized, sham-controlled trial in which participants, data collection staff, and data analysts were blinded to treatment group.Private acupuncture offices in the greater Seattle, Washington ...
Nassim P, Assefi, Karen J, Sherman, Clemma, Jacobsen, Jack, Goldberg, Wayne R, Smith, Dedra, Buchwald   +5 more
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Auricular Acupuncture Versus Sham Acupuncture in the Treatment of Women Who Have Insomnia

The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, 2008
Improvement in sleep parameters in relation to acupuncture treatment is often found and referred to as being a positive side-effect in the treatment of other illnesses. There is a lack of randomized studies, which primarily study the direct effect of acupuncture on sleep.To investigate whether or not auricular acupuncture has an effect on sleep ...
Mats, Sjöling, Marianne, Rolleri, Erling, Englund   +2 more
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Verum versus Sham Acupuncture for the Treatment of Migraine

Acupuncture in Medicine, 2016
Dear Editor, We read with great interest the recently published article entitled “Verum versus sham manual acupuncture for migraine: a systematic review of randomised controlled trials” by Yang et al .1 The authors examined the efficacy of verum acupuncture compared with sham acupuncture for the treatment of migraine.
Jinhuan, Yue, Zhongren, Sun, Qinhong, Zhang   +2 more
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