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- Published on: 18 April 2016
- Published on: 18 April 2016
- Published on: 18 April 2016
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Dear Editor,
Re: Stratification by gender and subgroup is necessary for RCT on IBS by Prof. Bian
Thank you for the communication of your interesting study results. Your findings highlight a problem especially for acupuncture research. Many experimental trials are pointing out the efficacy of acupuncture, also regarding problems of the gastrointestinal tract.[1-4] However, many of these trials are not a...
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None declared. - Published on: 18 April 2016Stratification by gender and subgroup is necessary for RCT on IBSShow More
Dear Editor,
We read with great interest the paper by Antonius Schneider et al. assessing acupuncture treatment in irritable bowel syndrome (IBS).[1] They successfully recruited 43 patients with IBS according to Rome II criteria, and randomly assigned them to receive either acupuncture (n=22) (AC) or sham acupuncture (n=21) (SAC) using the so-called "Streitberger needle". Treatment duration was 10 sessions with an...
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None declared. - Published on: 18 April 2016Re: Acupuncture treatment in irritable bowel syndromeShow More
Dear Editor,
There is still substantial debate about the exact nature of the Streitberger needle and if indeed it is a “true placebo”: i.e. without any of the specific therapeutic effect associated with real acupuncture(1,2). Patients perceive Streitberger differently to real acupuncture which certainly would not be the case in a conventional drug trial with a tableted placebo.
Streitberger generates nee...
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