The German Acupuncture Trials (GERAC) were a series of acupuncture trials set up in 2001 and published in 2006, that found no significant difference between acupuncture and sham acupuncture.[1]
In later years, Edzard Ernst noted that the studies had attracted criticism for not controlling the risk of patient de-blinding, and said that they "[failed] to conclusively answer the question whether acupuncture helps patients through a specific or a nonspecific effect".[2][3]
References
- ^ Jeremy H. Howick (23 February 2011). The Philosophy of Evidence-based Medicine. John Wiley & Sons. p. 92. ISBN 978-1-4443-4266-6.
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- Ernst, E. (2006). "Acupuncture - a critical analysis". Journal of Internal Medicine. 259 (2): 125–37. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2796.2005.01584.x. PMID 16420542.
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- Wettig, D (2005). "Die GERAC-Gonarthrose-Studie". Der Schmerz. 19 (4): 330–1, author reply 331–2. doi:10.1007/s00482-005-0404-0. PMID 16145742.