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Japanese Acupuncture and Moxibustion (Online) |
2010; 1: 80-91 |
A possible double-blind (practitioner-patient masking) acupuncture needle |
Takakura Nobuari1,2,3,4), Takayama Miho 1,2,3,4), Kawase Akiko1,2,3,4), Yajima Hiroyoshi 1,2,3,4) |
1) Department of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, Faculty of Health Sciences, Tokyo Ariake University of Medical and Health Sciences, Educational Foundation of Hanada Gakuen 2) Second Department of Physiology, Showa University School of Medicine 3) The Foundation for Oriental Medicine Research 4) Hanada college, Japan School of Acupuncture, Moxibustion and Physiotherapy |
Figure 2 Practitionerア・ confidence in needle identification for correctly and incorrectly identified needles (27). |
Mean (SD) practitionerア・ confidence was 50.0 (19.7) for correctly and 73.6 (13.7) for incorrectly identified needles, and 67.3 (18.6) for all needles. Practitionerア・ confidence in incorrect identifications was significantly greater than that in correct identifications (p < 0.001). |