Assertion: acupuncture's benefit | /r/HasProperty | due
Facets:
value: largely
type: DEGREE
value: to a placebo effect
type: CAUSE
value: in other words
type: OTHER
value: almost
type: DEGREE
value: to sticking needles
type: CAUSE
value: to placebo effects from incomplete blinding
type: CAUSE
value: least partially
type: DEGREE
value: probably
type: DEGREE
Source sentences:
text: The specific therapeutic effects of acupuncture were small, whereas its clinically relevant benefits were mostly due to contextual and psychosocial circumstances.
text: However, a Cochrane review of acupuncture for peripheral joint osteoarthritis (Manheimer et al, 2010) concluded that sham-controlled trials show statistically significant benefits; the authors stated, however, that these benefits are small, do not meet the authors' pre-defined thresholds for clinical relevance, and are probably due at least partially to placebo effects from incomplete blinding.
text: I understand, however, why practitioners and patients alike are convinced that the benefits of acupuncture are due to sticking needles into people.
text: Other doctors say that even if acupuncture’s benefits are largely due to a placebo effect, it still could be worth trying.
text: In other words, the perceived benefits were due almost (if not entirely) to a placebo effect.
text: Other doctors say that even if acupuncture’s benefits are largely due to a placebo effect, it still could be worth trying.