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The German Acupuncture Trials (GERAC) were a series of acupuncture trials set up in 2001 and published in 2006, that found no significant difference between acupuncture and sham acupuncture.

In later years, Edzard Ernst noted that the studies had attracted criticism for not controlling the risk of patient de-blinding, and said that they " to conclusively answer the question whether acupuncture helps patients through a specific or a nonspecific effect".

References

1. Jeremy H. Howick (23 February 2011). The Philosophy of Evidence-based Medicine. John Wiley & Sons. p. 92. ISBN 978-1-4443-4266-6.
2. • Ernst, E. (2006). "Acupuncture - a critical analysis". Journal of Internal Medicine. 259 (2): 125–37. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2796.2005.01584.x. PMID 16420542.
3. • Wettig, D (2005). "Die GERAC-Gonarthrose-Studie". Der Schmerz. 19 (4): 330–1, author reply 331–2. doi:10.1007/s00482-005-0404-0. PMID 16145742.

External links

• GERAC homepage

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