Blinding effect of non-penetrating sham needle in the randomized controlled trials of acupuncture: A systematic review
Journal of Acupuncture and Tuina Science, ISSN: 1672-3597, Vol: 12, Issue: 1, Page: 8-11
2014
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Review Description
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. © 2014 Shanghai Research Institute of Acupuncture and Meridian and Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.
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http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?partnerID=HzOxMe3b&scp=84893216239&origin=inward; http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11726-014-0738-1; http://link.springer.com/10.1007/s11726-014-0738-1; http://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s11726-014-0738-1; http://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s11726-014-0738-1.pdf; http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11726-014-0738-1/fulltext.html; https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11726-014-0738-1; https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11726-014-0738-1
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