TY - JOUR T1 - Acupuncture for ‘frequent attenders’ with medically unexplained symptoms JF - British Journal of General Practice JO - Br J Gen Pract SP - 492 LP - 492 DO - 10.3399/bjgp11X588295 VL - 61 IS - 589 AU - Dirk Devroey AU - Erwin Van De Vijver Y1 - 2011/08/01 UR - http://bjgp.org/content/61/589/492.2.abstract N2 - We have some serious concerns about the methodology and the conclusions of the studies by Paterson, Rugg and colleagues.1,2First of all, the results of these studies would have been more acceptable if five-element acupuncture would have been compared to placebo, that was not the case. Acupuncturists often argue that placebo control is not feasible with acupuncture. But in several studies investigators were able to compare acupuncture to placebo by using non-invasive acupuncture or superficial needling at non-acupuncture … ER -