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Akupunktur -- bringt sie etwas? (Acupuncture -- does it contribute anything?) [German]
Gallacchi G, Muller W
PRAXIS (Schweizerische Rundschau fur Medizin) 1983;72(22):778-782
clinical trial
4/10 [Eligibility criteria: Yes; Random allocation: Yes; Concealed allocation: No; Baseline comparability: No; Blind subjects: No; Blind therapists: No; Blind assessors: No; Adequate follow-up: Yes; Intention-to-treat analysis: No; Between-group comparisons: Yes; Point estimates and variability: Yes. Note: Eligibility criteria item does not contribute to total score] *This score has been confirmed*

Eight randomised groups of 15 patients each with tendomyotic cervical and lumbar syndrome underwent acupuncture. The first group received needle acupuncture at the 'correct' sites according to Chinese medicine and the second placebo needles were applied at the same sites. In a third group, acupuncture needles were applied at sites which were wholly inconsistent with Chinese practice. The remaining five groups took part in a single blind trial involving various types of radiation at the correct acupuncture sites, using an apparatus emitting either laser rays, red light, mixed light, infrared or no radiation at all, without interference from the therapist. All the groups showed improvement, but an analysis according to Kruskai and Wallis revealed no significant differences between type and site of treatment.
Copyright Verlag Hans Huber, Hogrefe AG, Bern.

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