Kaptchuk TJ
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· 5 papers in corpus
rct
2026
Vulvodynia, vulvar pain of unknown etiology, lasting 3 months or longer, affects 7% of American women, and has no consistently effective treatment. We aimed to test the efficacy of acupuncture on vulvar pain and dyspareunia and explore the …
other
2022
BACKGROUND: Vulvodynia, vulvar pain of unknown origin lasting at least 3 months, affects 7% of American women. Dyspareunia, its frequent companion, renders sexual intercourse virtually impossible. Although few therapies are efficacious and …
rct
2018
BACKGROUND & AIMS: A high proportion of patients with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) respond to placebo in clinical trials (estimated at about 40%). We aimed to identify factors that contribute to the high placebo response rate using data f…
meta-analysis
2015
OBJECTIVES: To assess the quantity and quality of randomised, sham-controlled studies of surgery and invasive procedures and estimate the treatment-specific and non-specific effects of those procedures. DESIGN: Systematic review and meta-a…
nonrandomized-trial
2010
AIM: We aim to determine the safety and effectiveness of a standard therapeutic package of Korean medicine for the treatment of unexplained infertility in a cross-section of women who sought treatment at an integrative hospital in Seoul, Ko…