Placebo controls for acupuncture studies

Author(s): Lewith, G.

Journal/Book: J Roy Soc Med. 1995; 88(4): 199-202.

Abstract: The use of inappropriate placebo controls has bedeviled acupunture research and led to serious isinterpretation of the results of clinical trials. While a number of different solutions have been proposed there is, as yet, no agreed way of assessing the adequacy of control conditions or of deciding which placebo to use in a particular trial. We propose that assessing the credibility of treatments and control conditions may provide a way forward to a more rigorous, consensus approach.

Keyword(s): Placebos

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