Acupuncture treatment for pain: systematic review of randomised clinical trials with acupuncture, placebo acupuncture, and no acupuncture groupsAcupuncture treatment for pain: systematic review of randomisedclinical trials with acupuncture, placebo acupuncture, and no acupuncture groups
Article Type: Reviews of effectiveness From:Clinical Governance: An International Journal, Volume 14, Issue 3
M.V. Madsen, P.C. Gotzsche and A. Hrobjartsson,BritishMedical Journal,2009,Vol. 338 No. a3115
This review assessed acupuncture compared to placebo acupuncture and noacupuncture for pain. The authors concluded that there was a small analgesiceffect of acupuncture which lacked clinical relevance and cannot clearly bedistinguished from bias. The conclusion was an accurate reflection of theresults of a generally well-conducted review, and was likely to be reliable.