Blinding effect of non-penetrating sham needle in the randomized controlled trials of acupuncture: A systematic review

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作者：
Gong X.-L. [1 ,2 ]
Pan Z.-H. [2 ]
Shen Y. [3 ]
Wang S. [1 ,2 ]
机构：
[1] First Teaching Hospital of Tianjin, University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin
[2] Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin
[3] Key Laboratory of Encephalopathy Acupuncture, Key Laboratory of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, Third Level Lab. of Acupuncture Dose-effect Relationship of State Admin. of Trad. Chinese Medicine, Acupuncture Res. Inst. of the First Teaching Hospital of Tianji
来源：
Journal of Acupuncture and Tuina Science | 2014年 / 12卷 / 1期
关键词：
Acupuncture Therapy; Meta-analysis; Placebo Effect; R245.3; Review; Systematic; Sham Needle;
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10.1007/s11726-014-0738-1
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摘要：
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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