Response to letter by Wu and Guo

Affiliations

¹ Pain Treatment Unit, Doña Mercedes Primary Health Care Centre, Dos Hermanas, Spain Carlos III Health Institute, Network of Research in Health Services in Chronic Diseases (REDISSEC), Madrid, Spain Support Research Unit, Costa del Sol Hospital, Marbella, Spain.

Comment

Jorge Vas et al. Pain. 2013 Nov.

. 2013 Nov;154(11):2576.

doi: 10.1016/j.pain.2013.08.021. Epub 2013 Aug 26.

¹ Pain Treatment Unit, Doña Mercedes Primary Health Care Centre, Dos Hermanas, Spain Carlos III Health Institute, Network of Research in Health Services in Chronic Diseases (REDISSEC), Madrid, Spain Support Research Unit, Costa del Sol Hospital, Marbella, Spain.

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Comment on

Acupuncture in patients with acute low back pain: a multicentre randomised controlled clinical trial.
Vas J, Aranda JM, Modesto M, Benítez-Parejo N, Herrera A, Martínez-Barquín DM, Aguilar I, Sánchez-Araujo M, Rivas-Ruiz F. Vas J, et al. Pain. 2012 Sep;153(9):1883-1889. doi: 10.1016/j.pain.2012.05.033. Epub 2012 Jul 4. Pain. 2012. PMID: 22770838 Clinical Trial.
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]".
Wu D, Guo X. Wu D, et al. Pain. 2013 Nov;154(11):2575-2576. doi: 10.1016/j.pain.2013.08.010. Epub 2013 Aug 17. Pain. 2013. PMID: 23962589 No abstract available.

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