Is the sham acupuncture group a real sham control group? Comments on "Vas J et al. Acupuncture in patients with acute low back pain: a multicentre randomised controlled clinical trial [PAIN® 2012;153(9):1883-9]"
Pain. 2013 Nov;154(11):2575-2576.
doi: 10.1016/j.pain.2013.08.010.
Epub 2013 Aug 17.
1 Department of Clinical Epidemiology, 2nd Affiliated Hospital, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, 111 Da De Rd, Guangzhou, China Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.