Placebo Devices as Effective Control Methods in Acupuncture Clinical Trials: A Systematic Review

Can Acupuncture Treatment Be Double-Blinded? An Evaluation of Double-Blind Acupuncture Treatment of Postoperative Pain

(2015) Lene Vase et al.   PLoS One

Influence of Control Group on Effect Size in Trials of Acupuncture for Chronic Pain: A Secondary Analysis of an Individual Patient Data Meta-Analysis

(2014) Hugh MacPherson et al.   PLoS One

Assessing blinding in trials of psychiatric disorders: A meta-analysis based on blinding index

(2014) Brian Freed et al.   PSYCHIATRY RESEARCH

New approach to preventing long acupuncture needles from buckling and contamination during insertion

(2014) Claire Shuiqing Zhang et al.   Acupuncture in Medicine

Examination of surface conditions and other physical properties of commonly used stainless steel acupuncture needles

(2014) Yi Min Xie et al.   Acupuncture in Medicine

Relationship between buckling of acupuncture needles and the handle type

(2014) Claire Shuiqing Zhang et al.   Acupuncture in Medicine

Blinding Measured: A Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials of Acupuncture

(2013) Alex Moroz et al.   Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Integrating Acupuncture With Exercise-Based Physical Therapy for Knee Osteoarthritis

(2013) Lan X. Chen et al.   JCR-JOURNAL OF CLINICAL RHEUMATOLOGY

Specifying the nonspecific components of acupuncture analgesia

(2013) Lene Vase et al.   PAIN

A Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Trial of Acupuncture in Patients With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)

(2012) Masao Suzuki et al.   ARCHIVES OF INTERNAL MEDICINE

The efficacy of acupuncture in human pain models: A randomized, controlled, double-blinded study

(2012) Cora Rebhorn et al.   PAIN

Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing Acupuncture With Placebo Acupuncture for the Treatment of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

(2012) Elisa Yao et al.   PM&R

Acupuncture Versus Paroxetine for the Treatment of Premature Ejaculation: A Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Clinical Trial

(2011) Didem Sunay et al.   EUROPEAN UROLOGY

Practice, practitioner, or placebo? A multifactorial, mixed-methods randomized controlled trial of acupuncture

(2011) Peter White et al.   PAIN

The Effect of Brief Electrical and Manual Acupuncture Stimulation on Mechanical Experimental Pain

(2011) Juerg Schliessbach et al.   PAIN MEDICINE

Double blinding with a new placebo needle: a validation study on participant blinding

(2011) N. Takakura et al.   Acupuncture in Medicine

The effect of acupuncture on postmenopausal symptoms and reproductive hormones: a sham controlled clinical trial

(2011) D. Sunay et al.   Acupuncture in Medicine

Invited Commentary on “Discrimination of Real and Sham Acupuncture Needles Using the Park Sham Device: A Preliminary Study”

(2010) Peter T. Dorsher   ARCHIVES OF PHYSICAL MEDICINE AND REHABILITATION

Neurotrophins and acupuncture

(2010) Luigi Manni et al.   AUTONOMIC NEUROSCIENCE-BASIC & CLINICAL

Acupuncture for the induction of labour: a double-blind randomised controlled study

(2010) J Modlock et al.   BJOG-AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OBSTETRICS AND GYNAECOLOGY

Acupuncture for frozen–thawed embryo transfer cycles: a double-blind randomized controlled trial

(2010) Emily Wing Sze So et al.   REPRODUCTIVE BIOMEDICINE ONLINE

Acupuncture on the day of embryo transfer: a randomized controlled trial of 635 patients

(2010) Dorthe Andersen et al.   REPRODUCTIVE BIOMEDICINE ONLINE

Double blinding with a new placebo needle: a further validation study

(2010) N. Takakura et al.   Acupuncture in Medicine

Validation of a simplified sham acupuncture technique for its use in clinical research: a randomised, single blind, crossover study

(2010) M. Kreiner et al.   Acupuncture in Medicine

Remote Influences of Acupuncture on the Pain Intensity and the Amplitude Changes of Endplate Noise in the Myofascial Trigger Point of the Upper Trapezius Muscle

(2009) Li-Wei Chou et al.   ARCHIVES OF PHYSICAL MEDICINE AND REHABILITATION

Acupuncture for Treatment of Persistent Arm Pain Due to Repetitive Use

(2009) Rose H. Goldman et al.   CLINICAL JOURNAL OF PAIN

Efficacy of Acupuncture as a Treatment for Chronic Shoulder Pain

(2009) Amanda Tiffany Lathia et al.   JOURNAL OF ALTERNATIVE AND COMPLEMENTARY MEDICINE

Sham Acupuncture May Be as Efficacious as True Acupuncture: A Systematic Review of Clinical Trials

(2009) Howard H. Moffet   JOURNAL OF ALTERNATIVE AND COMPLEMENTARY MEDICINE

Parsing brain activity associated with acupuncture treatment in Parkinson's diseases

(2009) Younbyoung Chae et al.   MOVEMENT DISORDERS

A placebo acupuncture needle with potential for double blinding - a validation study

(2009) N. Takakura et al.   Acupuncture in Medicine

Developing and validating a sham acupuncture needle

(2009) E. A Tough et al.   Acupuncture in Medicine

Acupuncture as an adjunct to standard treatment for pelvic girdle pain in pregnant women: randomised double-blinded controlled trial comparing acupuncture with non-penetrating sham acupuncture

(2008) H Elden et al.   BJOG-AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OBSTETRICS AND GYNAECOLOGY

Can individuals identify if needling was performed with an acupuncture needle or a non-penetrating sham needle?

(2008) Anna Enblom et al.   COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES IN MEDICINE

Traditional acupuncture theories yield null outcomes: a systematic review of clinical trials

(2008) Howard H. Moffet   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL EPIDEMIOLOGY

Acupuncture for acute non-specific low back pain: A pilot randomised non-penetrating sham controlled trial

(2007) S. Kennedy et al.   COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES IN MEDICINE