Characteristics of acupuncture treatment associated with outcome: an individual patient meta-analysis of 17,922 patients with chronic pain in randomised controlled trials.

Characteristics of acupuncture treatment associated with outcome: an individual patient meta-analysis of 17,922 patients with chronic pain in randomised controlled trials.

BACKGROUND:Recent evidence shows that acupuncture is effective for chronic pain. However we do not know whether there are characteristics of acupuncture or acupuncturists that are associated with better or worse outcomes. METHODS:An existing dataset, developed by the Acupuncture Trialists' Coll...

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Main Authors: Hugh MacPherson, Alexandra C Maschino, George Lewith, Nadine E Foster, Claudia M Witt, Andrew J Vickers, Acupuncture Trialists' Collaboration
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3795671?pdf=render

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