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Diode laser in cervical myofascial pain: a double-blind study versus placebo.

We present a double-blind trial in which a pulsed infrared beam was compared with a placebo in the treatment of myofascial pain in the cervical region.

The patients were submitted to 12 sessions on alternate days to a total energy dose of 5 J each. At each session, the four most painful muscular trigger points and five bilateral homometameric acupuncture points were irradiated.

Those in the placebo group submitted to the same number of sessions following an identical procedure, the only difference being that the laser apparatus was nonoperational. Leggi tutto...

Autori: 
Ceccherelli F, Altafini L, Lo Castro G, Avila A, Ambrosio F, Giron GP.
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Clin J Pain. 1989 Dec;5(4):301-4.
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application/pdf iconDiode.pdf

Proposed method for double-blind study of reflexotherapy phenomena.(article in italian)

The Authors report their experience with the placebo, an essential step in the clinical study of reflexotherapy.

They assert that also in this branch of medicine it is possible to carry out a "double blind" clinical experimentation by means of placebo, that is, an essential condition in order to develop a scientific assessment of both the limits and the potentialities of reflexotherapy.
 

Autori: 
Ceccherelli F, Ambrosio F, Manani G, Zanardi L, Giusti P.
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Minerva Med. 1980 Mar 31;71(12):919-22.
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application/pdf icondoppiocieco.pdf
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