Traditional Chinese Acupuncture was not superior to sham acupuncture for knee osteoarthritis but delivering treatment with high expectations of improvement was superior to delivering treatment with neutral expectations
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Physiotherapy
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1836-9553
DOI: 10.1016/s1836-9553(11)70009-1