descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Jan 1978 English Publisher:Elsevier BVJournal:The Lancet, volume 311, pages 182-183 (issn: 0140-6736,

Authors: A M, Cahn; P, Carayon; C, Hill; R, Flamant;

doi: 10.1016/s0140-6736(78)90614-1

pmid: 74607

ACUPUNCTURE IN GASTROSCOPY

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Abstract

The analgesic effect of acupuncture was evaluated by a double-blind controlled trial in 90 patients undergoing gastroscopy. The endoscopy was much easier and better tolerated after real acupuncture had been performed.

Related Organizations

Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de La Réunion
France
French Institute of Health and Medical Research
France
Hôpital Saint-Jacques
France
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Besançon
France

Keywords

Adult, Clinical Trials as Topic, Adolescent, Acupuncture Therapy, Placebos, Double-Blind Method, Evaluation Studies as Topic, Needles, Gastroscopy, Humans, Analgesia

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