Assertion: acupuncture's effect | /r/HasProperty | due
Facets:
value: mainly
type: DEGREE
value: to non-specific effects
type: CAUSE
value: to placebo
type: CAUSE
value: almost certainly
type: DEGREE
value: entirely
type: DEGREE
Source sentences:
text: The under-performance of acupuncture in such trials may indicate that therapeutic effects are due entirely to non-specific effects, or that the sham treatments are not inert, or that systematic protocols yield less than optimal treatment.
text: Some research suggests acupuncture can alleviate pain but the majority of research suggests that acupuncture's effects are mainly due to placebo.
text: Some research suggests acupuncture can alleviate pain but the majority of research suggests that acupuncture's effects are mainly due to placebo.
text: This could mean that sham acupuncture — placing needles in locations not associated with traditional treatment points — could be having an effect, or it could mean that the effects of acupuncture may be due in part to a placebo effect.
text: Edzard Ernst, emeritus professor of complementary medicine at the University of Exeter, said the study “impressively and clearly” showed that the effects of acupuncture were mostly due to placebo.
text: In fact, the study strongly suggests that any effect of acupuncture observed is almost certainly due to nonspecific and placebo effects and that the “positive” result is, as Ernst describes, likely due to small residual biases.