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Acupuncture: theory, efficacy, and practiceTed J Kaptchuk
Division of Research and Education in Complementary and Integrative Medical Therapies, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA
Ann Intern Med 136:374-83. 2002..Acupuncture may stimulate gene expression of neuropeptides. The training and provision of acupuncture care in the United States are rapidly expanding...
The power of context: reconceptualizing the placebo effectFranklin G Miller
Department of Clinical Bioethics, National Institutes of Health, USA
J R Soc Med 101:222-5. 2008- The impact of placebo, psychopathology, and expectations on the response to acupuncture needling in patients with chronic low back painAjay Darsh Wasan
Department of Anesthesiology, Women s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
J Pain 11:555-63. 2010..Using a blinded, crossover design, we report that it does not predict outcome, nor does it seem to modify the effect of expectancy (a known predictor) on acupuncture response... - Imaging the functional connectivity of the Periaqueductal Gray during genuine and sham electroacupuncture treatmentCarolyn E Zyloney
Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Charlestown, USA
Mol Pain 6:80. 2010..Given the PAG's important role in mediating acupuncture analgesia, in this study we investigated functional connectivity with the area of the PAG we previously identified and how that connectivity was affected by genuine and sham EA... - Components of placebo effect: randomised controlled trial in patients with irritable bowel syndromeTed J Kaptchuk
Osher Research Center, Harvard Medical School, 401 Park Drive, Boston, MA 02215, USA
BMJ 336:999-1003. 2008..To assess the relative magnitude of these components... - Effect of interpretive bias on research evidenceTed J Kaptchuk
Harvard Medical School, Osher Institute, 401 Park Drive, Boston, MA 02215, USA
BMJ 326:1453-5. 2003 
Do "placebo responders" exist?Ted J Kaptchuk
Osher Research Center, Harvard Medical School, 401 Park Drive, Boston, MA 02215, USA
Contemp Clin Trials 29:587-95. 2008..Finally, this paper proposes one model to rigorously investigate the stability of placebo responses...- "Maybe I made up the whole thing": placebos and patients' experiences in a randomized controlled trialTed J Kaptchuk
Osher Research Center, Harvard Medical School, 401 Park Drive, Boston, MA 02215, USA
Cult Med Psychiatry 33:382-411. 2009..g. expectancy, hope, conditioning, anxiety reduction, report bias, symbolic work, narrative and embodiment--provides an inadequate model to explain its salubrious benefits... - Sham device v inert pill: randomised controlled trial of two placebo treatmentsTed J Kaptchuk
Osher Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02215 USA
BMJ 332:391-7. 2006..To investigate whether a sham device (a validated sham acupuncture needle) has a greater placebo effect than an inert pill in patients with persistent arm pain... - Recent clinical trials of acupuncture in the West: responses from the practitionersTed J Kaptchuk
Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA
Chin J Integr Med 16:197-203. 2010..The paper also looks at recent neuroimaging experiments on acupuncture that may point to some worthwhile new avenues of investigation. Finally, the Euro-American health care policy consequences of these recent RCTs are discussed... - Placebo studies and ritual theory: a comparative analysis of Navajo, acupuncture and biomedical healingTed J Kaptchuk
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, 330 Brookline Avenue, Boston, MA 02215, USA
Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 366:1849-58. 2011..Placebo effects are often described as 'non-specific'; the analysis presented here suggests that placebo effects are the 'specific' effects of healing rituals... - Advancing acupuncture researchAndrew C Ahn
Division for Research and Education in Complementary and Integrative Medical Therapies, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA
Altern Ther Health Med 11:40-5. 2005..To illustrate how this proposal may fundamentally change acupuncture research, we present diabetic neuropathy as a particularly interesting model because of its complex heterogeneous pathophysiology... - Experiences of acupuncturists in a placebo-controlled, randomized clinical trialClaire A McManus
Osher Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
J Altern Complement Med 13:533-8. 2007..This paper describes the experiences of 8 licensed acupuncturists in a placebo-controlled randomized clinical trial (RCT). This information is important to the design and conduct of high-quality trials... - Investigating placebo effects in irritable bowel syndrome: a novel research designLisa A Conboy
Osher Institute, Division for Research and Education in Complementary and Integrative Therapies, Harvard Medical School, 401 Park Drive, Suite 22A, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Contemp Clin Trials 27:123-34. 2006..quot; The trial also uses an innovative combination of quantitative and qualitative methods... - A functional magnetic resonance imaging study on the neural mechanisms of hyperalgesic nocebo effectJian Kong
Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Massachusetts General Hospital, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Harvard Medical School Athinoula A Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA
J Neurosci 28:13354-62. 2008..In conclusion, we found evidence that nocebo hyperalgesia may be predominantly produced through an affective-cognitive pain pathway (medial pain system), and the left hippocampus may play an important role in this process... - A systematic study of acupuncture practice: acupoint usage in an outpatient setting in Beijing, ChinaVitaly Napadow
Athinoula A. Martinos Imaging Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
Complement Ther Med 12:209-16. 2004.... - Expectancy and treatment interactions: a dissociation between acupuncture analgesia and expectancy evoked placebo analgesiaJian Kong
Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Charlestown, MA 02129, USA
Neuroimage 45:940-9. 2009..Our results also suggest that the brain network involved in expectancy may vary under different treatment situations (verum and sham acupuncture treatment)... - Group analysis versus individual response: the inferential limits of randomized controlled trialsJohn M Kelley
Psychology Department, Endicott College, 376 Hale Street, Beverly, MA 01915, USA
Contemp Clin Trials 31:423-8. 2010..Using data from a recent RCT, we illustrate the problem and detail its negative effects for research and clinical practice. Finally, we suggest strategies for minimizing these negative effects... - Patient and practitioner influences on the placebo effect in irritable bowel syndromeJohn M Kelley
Psychology Department, Endicott College, 376 Hale Street, Beverly, MA 01915, USA
Psychosom Med 71:789-97. 2009..To determine whether placebo responses can be explained by characteristics of the patient, the practitioner, or their interpersonal interaction... - An fMRI study on the interaction and dissociation between expectation of pain relief and acupuncture treatmentJian Kong
Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Charlestown, MA 02129, USA
Neuroimage 47:1066-76. 2009..We hypothesize that as a peripheral-central modulation, acupuncture needle stimulation may inhibit incoming noxious stimuli; while as a top-down modulation, expectancy (placebo) may work through the emotional circuit... - The relationship between social factors and attitudes toward conventional and CAM practitionersLisa Conboy
Osher Institute, Harvard Medical School, 401 Park Drive, Suite 22A, Second Floor West, Boston, MA 02215, USA
Complement Ther Clin Pract 13:146-57. 2007..Some researchers theorize a relationship between social factors and attitudes toward providers, with CAM being more attractive to socially and economically marginalized groups... - Two styles of acupuncture for treating painful diabetic neuropathy--a pilot randomised control trialAndrew C Ahn
Harvard Medical School and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA
Acupunct Med 25:11-7. 2007..The TCM style improved nerve sensation according to quantitative sensory testing while the Japanese style had a more equivocal effect. No evident changes were observed in glucose control or heart rate variability in either group... - Sham acupuncture devices--practical advice for researchersClaire A McManus
Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
Acupunct Med 25:36-40. 2007..We also report our experience with the sham needle in neuroimaging experiments where the magnetic machinery poses considerable challenges for acupuncture research... - Functional neuroanatomical investigation of vision-related acupuncture point specificity--a multisession fMRI studyJian Kong
Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Charlestown, Massachusetts, USA
Hum Brain Mapp 30:38-46. 2009..Given the complexity of acupuncture systems and brain activity, additional work is required to determine whether functional neuroanatomical correlates of acupoint specificity can be validated by means of brain imaging tools... - Placebo analgesia: findings from brain imaging studies and emerging hypothesesJian Kong
Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Charlestown, MA, USA
Rev Neurosci 18:173-90. 2007..The literature suggests that multiple brain regions, including the anterior cingulate cortex, anterior insula, prefrontal cortex and periaqueductal grey, play a pivotal role in these processes... - Adequate relief in a treatment trial with IBS patients: a prospective assessmentMaria C F Passos
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Am J Gastroenterol 104:912-9. 2009.... - Neural activities in human somatosensory cortical areas evoked by acupuncture stimulationSeung Schik Yoo
Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, United States
Complement Ther Med 15:247-54. 2007..To investigate neural representation evoked by acupuncture from human somatosensory cortices, especially from primary (SI) and secondary (SII) somatosensory areas... - Patient expectations as predictors of outcome in patients with acute low back painSamuel S Myers
Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Mount Auburn Hospital, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
J Gen Intern Med 23:148-53. 2008..Few studies have evaluated the association between patient expectations for recovery and clinical outcomes, and no study has evaluated whether asking patients to choose their therapy modifies such an association... - Acupuncture de qi, from qualitative history to quantitative measurementJian Kong
Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Charlestown, MA 02129, USA
J Altern Complement Med 13:1059-70. 2007.... - Challenges inherent to t'ai chi research: part I--t'ai chi as a complex multicomponent interventionPeter M Wayne
Osher Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA
J Altern Complement Med 14:95-102. 2008.... - The impact of psychological factors on placebo responses in a randomized controlled trial comparing sham device to dummy pillSuzanne M Bertisch
Division for Research and Education in Complementary and Integrative Medical Therapies, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA
J Eval Clin Pract 15:14-9. 2009..To explore to what extent psychological factors such as expectation, depression, anxiety and belief in alternative medicine impact placebo response and differential responses to separate placebo interventions... - Challenges inherent to t'ai chi research: part II-defining the intervention and optimal study designPeter M Wayne
Osher Research Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA
J Altern Complement Med 14:191-7. 2008.... - Correlated change in upper limb function and motor cortex activation after verum and sham acupuncture in patients with chronic strokeJudith D Schaechter
Athinoula A Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Charlestown, MA 02129, USA
J Altern Complement Med 13:527-32. 2007.... - The association between psychopathology and placebo analgesia in patients with discogenic low back painAjay D Wasan
Department of Anesthesiology, Brigham and Women s Hospital Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02467, USA
Pain Med 7:217-28. 2006..We previously found that psychopathology is associated with increased placebo analgesia in this patient group... - Patient characteristics for outpatient acupuncture in Beijing, ChinaVitaly Napadow
Athinoula A Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02129, USA
J Altern Complement Med 10:565-72. 2004..This study quantifies and compares patient characteristics in outpatient acupuncture. SETTING/DESIGN: Prospective primary source evidence was gathered at two prominent outpatient acupuncture clinics in Beijing, China (n = 563, n = 233)... - Systematic review of the effects of ginseng on cardiovascular risk factorsCatherine Buettner
Division for Research and Education in Complementary and Integrative Medical Therapies, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215 3325, USA
Ann Pharmacother 40:83-95. 2006..To examine the evidence for the efficacy of ginseng (Panax spp.) on cardiovascular risk factors, including blood pressure, lipid profiles, and blood glucose, and to summarize reported cardiovascular adverse events... - Can words hurt? Patient-provider interactions during invasive proceduresElvira V Lang
Department of Radiology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, 02215 Boston, MA, USA
Pain 114:303-9. 2005..This conclusion has implications for the training in medical communication skills and suggests the need for randomized trials testing different patient-practioner interactions... - Advising patients who seek complementary and alternative medical therapies for cancerWendy A Weiger
Harvard Medical School and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Ann Intern Med 137:889-903. 2002..This strategy allows the development of an approach for providing responsible, evidence-based, patient-centered advice to persons with cancer who seek CAM therapies... - Sociodemographic determinants of the utilization of specific types of complementary and alternative medicine: an analysis based on a nationally representative survey sampleLisa Conboy
Osher Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA
J Altern Complement Med 11:977-94. 2005..CAMs make up a heterogeneous group of practices. Although it is well established that sociodemographic factors impact the use of conventional medicine, it is unclear which, if any, influence the use of particular types of CAM... - Development of a Chinese medicine assessment measure: an interdisciplinary approach using the delphi methodRosa N Schnyer
New England School of Acupuncture, Watertown, MA 02215, USA
J Altern Complement Med 11:1005-13. 2005..The diagnostic framework and clinical reasoning process in Chinese medicine emphasizes the contextual and qualitative nature of a patient's illness. Chinese medicine assessment data may help interpret clinical outcomes... - Brain activity associated with expectancy-enhanced placebo analgesia as measured by functional magnetic resonance imagingJian Kong
Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Charlestown, Massachusetts 02129, USA
J Neurosci 26:381-8. 2006..Our results suggest that placebo analgesia may be configured through multiple brain pathways and mechanisms... - The placebo effect in alternative medicine: can the performance of a healing ritual have clinical significance?Ted J Kaptchuk
Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Ann Intern Med 136:817-25. 2002..nonspecific psychosocial effects have more positive health outcomes than a proven, specific conventional treatment? What makes therapy legitimate, positive clinical outcomes or culturally acceptable methods of attainment? Who decides?.. - Systematic review of herbs and dietary supplements for glycemic control in diabetesGloria Y Yeh
Division for Research and Education in Complementary and Integrative Medical Therapies, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Diabetes Care 26:1277-94. 2003..To conduct a systematic review of the published literature on the efficacy and safety of herbal therapies and vitamin/mineral supplements for glucose control in patients with diabetes... - Effectiveness of recruitment in clinical trials: an analysis of methods used in a trial for irritable bowel syndrome patientsSiu Ping Chin Feman
Osher Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, United States
Contemp Clin Trials 29:241-51. 2008..The iterative use of the efficacy index during a recruitment campaign may be helpful to calibrate and focus on the most effective recruitment methods... - Double-blind placebo-controlled trial of static magnets for the treatment of osteoarthritis of the knee: results of a pilot studyPeter M Wolsko
Division for Research and Education, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
Altern Ther Health Med 10:36-43. 2004..The sustained efficacy of magnetic therapy for knee osteoarthritis could be assessed in an adequately powered trial utilizing an appropriate control such our new placebo-magnet device... - Viewpoint: what is the best and most ethical model for the relationship between mainstream and alternative medicine: opposition, integration, or pluralism?Ted J Kaptchuk
Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Acad Med 80:286-90. 2005..Pluralism encourages cooperation, research, and open communication and respect between practitioners despite the possible existence of honest disagreement, and preserves the integrity of each of the treatment systems involved... - Mirror, mirror on the wall: placebo effects that exist only in the eye of the beholderJohn M Kelley
Department of Psychology, Endicott College and Harvard Medical School, Beverly, MA, USA
J Eval Clin Pract 15:292-8. 2009..This result is used a heuristic to more clearly define the components of the placebo response... - Heavy metal and pesticide content in commonly prescribed individual raw Chinese Herbal MedicinesEric S J Harris
Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School, 240 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Sci Total Environ 409:4297-305. 2011.... - Which patients improve: characteristics increasing sensitivity to a supportive patient-practitioner relationshipLisa Ann Conboy
Harvard Medical School, Osher Research Center, Boston, MA United States
Soc Sci Med 70:479-84. 2010..These results converge with the results of the parent trial, implicating the importance of the social world in healing... - Challenges and recommendations for placebo controls in randomized trials in physical and rehabilitation medicine: a report of the international placebo symposium working groupFelipe Fregni
Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Am J Phys Med Rehabil 89:160-72. 2010..The current article represents the consensus report from the working group... - Placebo response of non-pharmacological and pharmacological trials in major depression: a systematic review and meta-analysisAndre Russowsky Brunoni
Berenson Allen Center for Noninvasive Brain Stimulation, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
PLoS ONE 4:e4824. 2009..We proposed to assess placebo responses in two categories of MDD trials: pharmacological (antidepressant drugs) and non-pharmacological (device- rTMS) trials... - Complementary and alternative medical therapies: implications for medical educationMiriam S Wetzel
Harvard Medical School, 10 Shattuck Street, Suite 612, Boston, MA 02115
Ann Intern Med 138:191-6. 2003..It offers practical suggestions for finding time in an already packed curriculum, getting started, including faculty and students in the process, and sustaining the initiative with the necessary administrative and institutional support... - Characteristics of visits to licensed acupuncturists, chiropractors, massage therapists, and naturopathic physiciansDaniel C Cherkin
Center for Health Studies, Group Health Cooperative, Seattle 98101, USA
J Am Board Fam Pract 15:463-72. 2002..CONCLUSIONS: This information will help inform discussions of the roles CAM practitioners will play in the health care system of the future... - Prescribing "placebo treatments": results of national survey of US internists and rheumatologistsJon C Tilburt
Department of Bioethics, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
BMJ 337:a1938. 2008..To describe the attitudes and behaviours regarding placebo treatments, defined as a treatment whose benefits derive from positive patient expectations and not from the physiological mechanism of the treatment itself... - Southampton needle sensation questionnaire: development and validation of a measure to gauge acupuncture needle sensationPeter White
School of Health Professions and Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK
J Altern Complement Med 14:373-9. 2008..The aim of this study was to generate and validate a new sensation questionnaire, that was able to discriminate between pain and deqi, taking into account patient experience and expert opinions... - Informing participants of allocation to placebo at trial closure: postal surveyZelda Di Blasi
Department of Health Sciences, University of York, York YO10 5DD
BMJ 325:1329. 2002..To assess whether and how investigators of placebo controlled randomised trials inform participants of their treatment allocation at trial closure and to assess barriers to feedback... - Developing a research strategy for acupunctureGeorge T Lewith
School of Medicine, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK
Clin J Pain 22:632-8. 2006.... - Patient expectations in placebo-controlled randomized clinical trialsDavid A Stone
South-East European Research Centre, City College, Greece
J Eval Clin Pract 11:77-84. 2005..Variability in placebo response observed in previous studies may be related to the fluid nature of expectations. Trying to control and equalize expectations in RCTs may be more difficult than previously assumed... - Increasing research capacity at the New England School of Acupuncture: building grants management infrastructurePeter M Wayne
New England School of Acupuncture NESA, Watertown, Massachusetts, USA
Altern Ther Health Med 14:56-64. 2008..We highlight initiatives that have been successful, challenges we have encountered, and lessons we learned that may be relevant to other CAM institutions that may wish to develop a research program... - Acupuncture for treatment of persistent arm pain due to repetitive use: a randomized controlled clinical trialRose H Goldman
Department of Medicine, Cambridge Health Alliance, Cambridge, UK
Clin J Pain 24:211-8. 2008..To compare true and sham acupuncture in their abilities to relieve arm pain and improve arm function in individuals with arm pain due to repetitive use... - Increasing research capacity at the New England School of Acupuncture through faculty and student research training initiativesPeter M Wayne
New England School of Acupuncture NESA, Watertown, Massachusetts, USA
Altern Ther Health Med 14:52-8. 2008..We discuss successes and challenges encountered in developing and administering these initiatives and the overall impact they have had on research culture and productivity at NESA... - Yin scores and yang scores: A new method for quantitative diagnostic evaluation in traditional Chinese medicine researchHelene M Langevin
University of Vermont General Clinical Research Center at Fletcher Allen Health Care, USA Helene Langevin uvm edu
J Altern Complement Med 10:389-95; discussion 387. 2004..This method aims to classify subjects into groups allowing future quantitative testing of key research questions such as: do different groups of patients respond differently to acupuncture treatments or Chinese herb formulas?.. - Acupuncture for upper-extremity rehabilitation in chronic stroke: a randomized sham-controlled studyPeter M Wayne
Research Department, New England School of Acupuncture, Watertown, MA 02472, USA
Arch Phys Med Rehabil 86:2248-55. 2005..These results must be interpreted cautiously because of small sample sizes and multiple, unadjusted, post hoc comparisons. A larger, more definitive RCT using a similar design is feasible and warranted... - Standardization of individualized treatments in a randomized controlled trial of acupuncture for stroke rehabilitationRosa N Schnyer
J Altern Complement Med 12:106-9. 2006 - Epidemiology researchTed J Kaptchuk
Lancet 360:259. 2002 - Characteristics of licensed acupuncturists, chiropractors, massage therapists, and naturopathic physiciansDaniel C Cherkin
Center for Health Studies, Group Health Cooperative, Seattle, WA 98101, USA
J Am Board Fam Pract 15:378-90. 2002..Interstate differences were small. CONCLUSIONS: This characterization of CAM providers will help inform decisions about the future role of CAM providers in the health care system... - Acupuncture for the treatment of cocaine addictionTed J Kaptchuk
JAMA 287:1801; author reply 1801-2. 2002 - The effect of Gua Sha treatment on the microcirculation of surface tissue: a pilot study in healthy subjectsArya Nielsen
Beth Israel Medical Center s Continuum Center for Health and Healing, New York, NY, USA
Explore (NY) 3:456-66. 2007..There are case reports in Western literature but no studies on the physiological effects of Gua Sha... - A randomized, controlled trial of acupuncture for chronic daily headacheRemy R Coeytaux
UNC School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC27599-7595, USA
Headache 45:1113-23. 2005..Supplementing medical management with acupuncture, however, resulted in improvements in health-related QoL and the perception by patients that they suffered less from headaches... - Deception of subjects in neuroscience: an ethical analysisFranklin G Miller
Department of Bioethics, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-1156, USA
J Neurosci 28:4841-3. 2008 - A critical overview of homeopathyWayne B Jonas
Samueli Institute for Information Biology, 121 South Saint Asaph Street, Suite 200, Alexandria, VA 22314, USA
Ann Intern Med 138:393-9. 2003..Homeopathy deserves an open-minded opportunity to demonstrate its value by using evidence-based principles, but it should not be substituted for proven therapies... - Sham procedures and the ethics of clinical trialsFranklin G Miller
Department of Clinical Bioethics, Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health Building 10, Room 1C118, Bethesda, MD 20892-1156, USA
J R Soc Med 97:576-8. 2004 - Can Tai Chi improve vestibulopathic postural control?Peter M Wayne
Research Department, New England School of Acupuncture, Watertown, MA 02472, USA
Arch Phys Med Rehabil 85:142-52. 2004..To evaluate the rationale and scientific support for Tai Chi as an intervention for vestibulopathy and to offer recommendations for future studies... - Ethical issues in research in complementary and alternative medicineTed J Kaptchuk
JAMA 291:2193; author reply 2193-4. 2004 - Herbal medicine research and global health: an ethical analysisJon C Tilburt
Department of Clinical Bioethics, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, United States of America
Bull World Health Organ 86:594-9. 2008....
Research Grants
- Enhancing the Placebo Effect in Irritable Bowel SyndromeTed Kaptchuk; Fiscal Year: 2006....
- An Integrative Healing Model in IBSTed Kaptchuk; Fiscal Year: 2005..The Performance Site will be Osher Institute, Harvard Medical School. Key Personnel are Ted Kaptchuk, OMD (PI), Lisa Conboy, ScD, Catherine Kerr, PhD, Eric Jacobson, PhD, Anthony Lembo, MD, Denesh Chitkara, MD, ..
- SHAM DEVICE, PILL PLACEBO OR TREATMENT FOR ARM PAINTed Kaptchuk; Fiscal Year: 2003..Outcomes in these studies will include assessments of the nature and severity of upper extremity pain, function, grip and pinch strength, and mood. ..
- Mentoring and Research in Placebo Studies, Asian Medicine and CAMTed Kaptchuk; Fiscal Year: 2007Goal: This proposal requests a Midcareer K24 award to provide Dr. Ted Kaptchuk with protected time to 1) stabilize and expand his mentoring of junior investigators primarily in the domain of placebo studies and secondarily, in Asian ..