Acupuncture as an adjunct to standard treatment for pelvic girdle ...
DESIGN: Randomised double-blinded controlled trial. ... plus acupuncture or to standard treatment plus non-penetrating sham acupuncture for 8 weeks. ...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18947338...
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Effectiveness of Acupuncture for Low Back Pain: A Systematic ...
The recently developed nonpenetrating sham needles have been advocated as more appropriate ... A randomised controlled trial of acupuncture care for lower back pain: cost .... A prospective, randomised, double-blind evaluation of trigger- point ... spinal pain syndromes: a clinical pilot trial comparing acupuncture, ...
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/583148_4...
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Health-related quality of life among women of reproductive ...
... for pelvic girdle pain in pregnant women: randomised double-blinded controlled trial comparing acupuncture with non-penetrating sham acupuncture. BJOG. ...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?orig_db=PubMed&db=P...
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Effectiveness of Acupuncture for Low Back Pain: A Systematic ...
14 Nov 2008 ... A randomised controlled trial of acupuncture care for lower back .... Acupuncture treatment of chronic back pain: a double-blind ... Giles LGF, Müller R. Chronic spinal pain syndromes: a clinical pilot trial comparing acupuncture, ... pain: a pilot randomised non-penetrating sham controlled trial. ...
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/583148...
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Minimal acupuncture is not a valid placebo control in randomised ...
Randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trials are generally ... and sham interventions differed in terms of points chosen, penetration of the skin ..... Brain imaging of acupuncture: comparing superficial with deep needling. .... ReviewSham interventions in randomized clinical trials of acupuncture--a review. ...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2644695/...
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Effectiveness of Acupuncture for Low Back Pain: A Systematic ...
A randomised controlled trial of acupuncture care for lower back pain: cost .... A prospective, randomised, double-blind evaluation of trigger-point injection therapy ... spinal pain syndromes: a clinical pilot trial comparing acupuncture, ... low back pain: a pilot randomised non-penetrating sham controlled trial. ...
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/583148_3...
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Effects of acupuncture on rates of pregnancy and live birth among ...
We selected randomised controlled trials that compared acupuncture with sham .... not to influence fertility and twow5 w6 using non-penetrating sham needles. .... which suggest that failure to double blind is associated with ..... Wedenberg K, Moen B, Norling A. A prospective randomized study comparing acupuncture ...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2265327/...
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1472-6882-7-35 1472-6882 Research article Acupuncture in the ...
In planning a randomized controlled trial of acupuncture, we conducted a pilot study ... Methods Patient selection This was a randomized, double-blind, placebo controlled trial. .... P > 0.05 comparing all 3 groups in all the variables. ..... a new non-penetrating sham acupuncture device: two randomised controlled ...
http://www.biomedcentral.com/content/download/xml/1472-6882-...
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More on BMA's approval of acupuncture
Improvements in training and regulation of non-medical practitioners are required, ... Performing double blind placebo controlled trials of acupuncture is ... sham acupuncture procedures in which skin penetration in the control group ... Martin E. Randomised clinical trial comparing the effects of acupuncture and ...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1119311/...
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The National Institutes of Health (NIH) Consensus Development ...
What is the efficacy of acupuncture, compared with placebo or sham ... using a double-blind controlled trial and a rigidly defined protocol. .... Although randomized controlled trials provide a strong basis for ..... Clinical trials comparing acupuncture to biomedical standard care: a criteria-based evaluation. ...
http://consensus.nih.gov/1997/1997Acupuncture107html.htm...
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