Evidence on acupuncture safety needs to be based on large-scale prospective surveys, not single case reports

Pain. 2011 Sep;152(9):2180. doi: 10.1016/j.pain.2011.04.010. Epub 2011 May 6.

Authors

Claudia M Witt¹, Lixing Lao, Hugh MacPherson

Affiliation

¹ Institute for Social Medicine, Epidemiology and Health Economics, Charité University Medical Center, 10098 Berlin, Germany University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA Tel.: +49 30 450529002; fax: +49 30 450529917 Center for Integrative Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA Department of Health Sciences, University of York, York, UK.

PMID: 21550172
DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2011.04.010

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Publication types

Letter
Comment

MeSH terms

Acupuncture Therapy / adverse effects*
Acupuncture Therapy / methods*
Humans
Pain Management*
Treatment Outcome*