Response to acupuncture can be experimentally manipulated

Expectancy or aversion to acupuncture can complicate evaluation of the efficacy of acupuncture in clinical trials. Korean researchers have investigated whether experimentally manipulating the perception of acupuncture could elicit different responses to identical acupuncture stimulation. Seventeen participants were assessed with the acupuncture belief scale (ABS) and by measuring tactile and pain ...

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