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controlled trial Clinical research A clinical study in which one group of participants receives an experimental drug while the other receives either a placebo or an approved–'gold standard' therapy. See Blinding, Double-blinded. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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The mechanisms by which tai chi can improve balance were investigated in a randomised controlled trial of 49 healthy older adults. Edwards describes early trials and the controversy surrounding them, the fates of such trials as the evaluation of raw pancreas therapy and light therapy, the controversies of serum therapy for pneumonia from 1929 to 1934, the strategies of Almroth Wright and Bradford Hill to capture the nomenclature of controlled trials, and in a fascinating conclusion, what is controlled about the current controlled trial. Modified constraint-induced therapy in chronic stroke: results of a single-blinded randomized controlled trial. |
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