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Rheumatology Advance Access originally published online on December 13, 2005
Rheumatology 2006 45(2):125; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kei256
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EDITORIAL

Testing acupuncture for osteoarthritis: pragmatic trials or efficacy studies?

E. Ernst

Complementary Medicine, Peninsula Medical School, Universities of Exeter and Plymouth, 25 Victoria Park Road, Exeter EX2 4NT, UK

Correspondence to: Edzard.Ernst@pms.ac.uk

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In this issue, Linde et al. [1] report the results of a study that is amongst the largest clinical investigations of acupuncture ever conducted. Its results suggest that patients suffering from osteoarthritis respond remarkably well to acupuncture treatment. This paper deserves both careful consideration and critical comment.

This pragmatic study, as the authors call it, is part of an even larger project. It was initiated because German . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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