Can acupuncture treatment be double-blinded? An evaluation of double-blind acupuncture treatment of postoperative pain.

PLoS One · 2015 · PMC4352029 · PMID 25747157

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did not reach statistical significancep = 0.073so close (0.05 < p ≤ 0.1)

In addition, the difference in the patients’ level of confidence when perceiving active or placebo acupuncture did not reach statistical significance (U (36,30) = 44; p = 0.073).

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