Sentence examples for sham procedure from inspiring English sources

Trials on treatment for headaches took into account the placebo effect by comparing authentic acupuncture to a sham procedure.

Both were randomised placebo-controlled trials in which the effect of acupuncture was compared with a sham procedure.

The controls will be given a sham procedure, and compared with others who get the real thing.

The sham procedure, the surgical equivalent of a placebo drug, was the only way to answer the question.

In fact, Trudie rethought Ms Martin's position herself, getting what the judgment described as "her minions" to institute a "sham" procedure whereby it could be established whether she should be laid off.

A popular operation for arthritis of the knee worked no better than a sham procedure in which patients were sedated while surgeons pretended to operate, researchers are reporting today.

A day or so later researchers reported that a popular operation for arthritis of the knee worked no better than a sham procedure that left patients thinking they had received treatment when in fact they had not.

• Two recent randomized trials found that patients receiving two popular procedures for vertebral fractures, kyphoplasty and vertebroplasty, experienced no more relief than those receiving a sham procedure.

Half were picked at random to receive the treatment, and the other half underwent a "sham" procedure in which doctors did not actually use balloons.

The new randomized study is enrolling more than 500 patients with treatment-resistant hypertension and will include a sham procedure for patients in the control group.

Four other knees were subjected to a sham procedure.