Is sham acupuncture as effective as traditional Chinese acupuncture? It’s too early to say

Li-li Zhang; Qin Chu; Shu Wang; Hilary Lai; Bing-bing Xie

doi:10.1007/s11655-016-2458-5

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Is sham acupuncture as effective as traditional Chinese acupuncture? It’s too early to say

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- Is sham acupuncture as effective as traditional Chinese acupuncture? It’s too early to say
- Is sham acupuncture as effective as traditional Chinese acupuncture? It’s too early to say
- 中国结合医学杂志（英文版） 2016年22卷第7期页码：483-489
- Affiliations：
  
  1. Department of Acupuncture, First Teaching Hospital Affiliated to Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Acupuncture and Moxibustion Science,Tianjin,China
  2. Institute of Acupuncture, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine,Tianjin,China
  3. Department of Oncology, Tianjin Ninghe Hospital,Tianjin,China
- Author bio：
- Funds：
  
  Supported by the National Basic Research Program of China (No. 2012CB518505) and National Industry of Traditional Chinese Medicine Scientific Research (No. 201207001-10)
- DOI：10.1007/s11655-016-2458-5
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- 纸质出版日期：2016，
  
  网络出版日期：2016-4-13，
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Zhang, Ll., Chu, Q., Wang, S. et al. Is sham acupuncture as effective as traditional Chinese acupuncture? It’s too early to say., Chin. J. Integr. Med. 22, 483–489 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11655-016-2458-5

Li-li Zhang, Qin Chu, Shu Wang, et al. Is sham acupuncture as effective as traditional Chinese acupuncture? It’s too early to say[J]. Chinese Journal of Integrative Medicine, 2016,22(7):483-489.
Zhang, Ll., Chu, Q., Wang, S. et al. Is sham acupuncture as effective as traditional Chinese acupuncture? It’s too early to say., Chin. J. Integr. Med. 22, 483–489 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11655-016-2458-5 DOI：

Li-li Zhang, Qin Chu, Shu Wang, et al. Is sham acupuncture as effective as traditional Chinese acupuncture? It’s too early to say[J]. Chinese Journal of Integrative Medicine, 2016,22(7):483-489. DOI： 10.1007/s11655-016-2458-5.

摘要

Many clinical trials and experimental studies claim that sham acupuncture is as effective as traditional Chinese acupuncture. However

these studies have no standard sham acupuncture control and many other factors can affect the clinical effect. These factors include needle retention time

treatment frequency

and the total number of treatments needed for satisfactory results

and all can change the clinical effect. The majority of existing acupuncture treatment studies do not consider these factors and lack standard dosage criteria. Therefore

it is still too early to conclude that sham acupuncture is as effective as traditional Chinese acupuncture. This article investigates the factors that influence the curative effect of acupuncture as to help set a standard for acupuncture studies in the future.

Abstract

Many clinical trials and experimental studies claim that sham acupuncture is as effective as traditional Chinese acupuncture. However

these studies have no standard sham acupuncture control and many other factors can affect the clinical effect. These factors include needle retention time

treatment frequency

and the total number of treatments needed for satisfactory results

and all can change the clinical effect. The majority of existing acupuncture treatment studies do not consider these factors and lack standard dosage criteria. Therefore

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