Effectiveness and adequacy of blinding in the moderation of pain outcomes: Systematic review and meta-analyses of dry needling trials
Background Blinding is critical to clinical trials because it allows for separation of specific intervention effects from bias, by equalising all factors between groups except for the proposed mechanism of action. Absent or inadequate blinding in clinical trials has consistently been shown in large...
Main Authors: | Felicity A. Braithwaite, Julie L. Walters, Lok Sze Katrina Li, G. Lorimer Moseley, Marie T. Williams, Maureen P. McEvoy |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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PeerJ Inc.
2018-07-01
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Series: | PeerJ |
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Online Access: | https://peerj.com/articles/5318.pdf |
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