Methods matters: comments on the currently published article in Pain Medicine, “Effect of sham acupuncture on chronic pain: a Bayesian network meta-analysis”

Journal Article Methods matters: comments on the currently published article in Pain Medicine, “Effect of sham acupuncture on chronic pain: a Bayesian network meta-analysis” Get access Tae-Hun Kim, KMD, PhD, Tae-Hun Kim, KMD, PhD Korean Medicine Clinical Trial Center, Korean Medicine Hospital, Kyung Hee University, Seoul 02447, Republic of Korea https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8448-3219 Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Myeong Soo Lee, PhD, Myeong Soo Lee, PhD KM Science Research Division, Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine, Daejeon 34054, Republic of Korea https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6651-7641 Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Boram Lee, KMD, PhD, Boram Lee, KMD, PhD KM Science Research Division, Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine, Daejeon 34054, Republic of Korea Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Stephen Birch, PhD, Stephen Birch, PhD School of Health Sciences, Kristiania University College, Oslo 0107, Norway Corresponding author: Stephen Birch, PhD, School of Health Sciences, Kristiania University College, Oslo 0107, Norway. Email: sjbirch@gmail.com Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Terje Alraek, PhD Terje Alraek, PhD School of Health Sciences, Kristiania University College, Oslo 0107, NorwayNAFKAM, National Research Center in Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Department of Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Tromso 9037, Norway Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Pain Medicine, Volume 24, Issue 4, April 2023, Pages 468–469, https://doi.org/10.1093/pm/pnad023 Published: 03 March 2023 Article history Received: 13 September 2022 Revision received: 17 February 2023 Accepted: 17 February 2023 Published: 03 March 2023 Corrected and typeset: 14 March 2023