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- DOI 10.1136/acupmed-2013-010364
- PMID https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24140758
- OpenAlex ID W2137084573
- Type Article
- Language EN
- Published 18 Oct 2013
- Volume 32 (1)
- Pages 56–61
- Source Acupuncture in Medicine
- Publisher SAGE Publishing
- FWCI 0.71
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Problems Caused by Heterogeneity in Meta-Analysis: A Case Study of Acupuncture Trials
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OBJECTIVES: To illustrate the pitfalls of using meta-analysis to combine estimates of effect in trials that are highly varied and have a high potential for bias. METHODS: We used a random-effects meta-analysis to pool the results of 51 sham-controlled acupuncture trials of chronic pain published in English before 2008 and explored the heterogeneity using meta-regression. We repeated the process on…
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4 authors| # | Author | Institutions | ORCID |
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| 1 | Stephanie Louise Prady Corresponding | University of York (GB) | |
| 2 | Jane Burch | University of York (GB) | — |
| 3 | Simon Crouch | University of York (GB) | — |
| 4 | Hugh MacPherson | University of York (GB) |
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