Blinding effect of non-penetrating sham needle in the randomized controlled trials of acupuncture: a systematic review
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Blinding effect of non-penetrating sham needle in the randomized controlled trials of acupuncture: a systematic review
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J Acupunct Tuina Sci (2014), Xing-Ian, Gong; Zong-hai, Pan; Yan, Shen; Shu, Wang.
Abstract
The aim of this article was to assess the clinical evidence for or against the blinding effect of non-penetrating sham needle as placebo needle. This systematic review included randomized controlled trials (RCTs) of acupuncture taking non-penetrating sham acupuncture as placebo needle. Systematic searches were conducted in 13 electronic databases up to July 2012: Medline, PubMed, the Cochrane Library, CINAHL, EMBASE, a Chinese medical database. All parallel or cross-over RCTs of acupuncture for the blinding effect of non-penetrating needle were chosen without language restrictions. Finally, totally 7 RCTs met the inclusion criteria. In conclusion, our systematic review and meta-analysis demonstrate that the non-penetrating needle is an effective instrument for placebo control in the acupuncture RCTs.
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J Acupunct Tuina Sci
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English
doi
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11726-014-0738-1
issn
1672-3597
issue
1
page end
11
page start
8
volume
12