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Sham Acupuncture Is Not Just a Placebo

Journal of Acupuncture & Meridian Studies, 2022
Sham acupuncture should have two distinct features: first, it must be morphologically similar to verum acupuncture for blinding purposes, and second, it must not exert physiologically expected effects of verum acupuncture.
Tae-Hun Kim, Myeong Soo Lee, Hyangsook Lee   +2 more
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Acupuncture for chronic insomnia disorder: a systematic review with meta-analysis and trial sequential analysis [PDF]

Frontiers in Neurology
ObjectiveTo investigate the effect of placebo response to acupuncture on subjective and objective sleep indices in patients with chronic insomnia disorder and to understand the effectiveness of acupuncture in the treatment of chronic insomnia disorder ...
Yi Yu, Yi Yu, Xinju Li, Zheng Zhu, Zheng Zhu, Yingdong Wang, Yingdong Wang, Qiang Xi, Jiwen Qiu, Yidan Xu, Ruonan Liang, Yi Guo, Mingxing Zhang   +12 more
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Artificial intelligence-directed acupuncture: a review

Chinese Medicine, 2022
Acupuncture is widely used around the whole world nowadays and exhibits significant efficacy against many chronic diseases, especially in pain-related diseases.
Yulin Wang, Xiuming Shi, Thomas Efferth, Dong Shang   +3 more
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A Narrative Review of Neuroimaging Studies in Acupuncture for Migraine

Pain Research and Management, 2021
Acupuncture has been widely used as an alternative and complementary therapy for migraine. With the development of neuroimaging techniques, the central mechanism of acupuncture for migraine has gained increasing attention.
Peihong Ma, Xiaohui Dong, Yuzhu Qu, Zhaoxuan He, Tao Yin, Shirui Cheng, Zilei Tian, Yuke Teng, Kunnan Xie, Ruirui Sun, Siyi Yu, Fang Zeng   +11 more
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Characteristics of acupuncture treatment associated with outcome: an individual patient meta-analysis of 17,922 patients with chronic pain in randomised controlled trials. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2013
BACKGROUND:Recent evidence shows that acupuncture is effective for chronic pain. However we do not know whether there are characteristics of acupuncture or acupuncturists that are associated with better or worse outcomes.
Hugh MacPherson, Alexandra C Maschino, George Lewith, Nadine E Foster, Claudia M Witt, Andrew J Vickers, Acupuncture Trialists' Collaboration   +6 more
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A Retrospective Cohort Study Comparing Stroke Recurrence Rate in Ischemic Stroke Patients With and Without Acupuncture Treatment. [PDF]

, 2015
Little was known about the effects of acupuncture on stroke recurrence. The aim of this study is to investigate whether ischemic stroke patients receiving acupuncture treatment have a decreased risk of stroke recurrence.
Hsu, Chung Y, Liao, Chien-Chang, Lin, Jaung-Geng, Morisky, Donald E, Shih, Chun-Chuan, Su, Yi-Chang, Sun, Mao-Feng, Sung, Fung-Chang, Wen, Chi-Pang   +8 more
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Plausible Mechanism of Sham Acupuncture Based on Biomarkers: A Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials

Frontiers in Neuroscience, 2022
IntroductionSham acupuncture was developed to be used as an inert control intervention in clinical trials of acupuncture. However, controversies exist regarding the validity of sham acupuncture.
Tae-Hun Kim, Myeong Soo Lee, Stephen Birch, Terje Alraek, Terje Alraek   +4 more
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Acupuncture in Seasonal Allergic Rhinitis (ACUSAR) - Design and Protocol of a Randomised Controlled Multi-Centre Trial [PDF]

, 2010
Background: We report on the study design and protocol of a randomised controlled trial (Acupuncture in Seasonal Allergic Rhinitis, ACUSAR) that investigates the efficacy of acupuncture in the treatment of seasonal allergic rhinitis (SAR).
Brinkhaus, Benno, Hummelsberger, Josef, Irnich, Dominik, Linde, Klaus, Niggemann, Bodo, Ortiz, Miriam, Pfab, Florian, Reinhold, Thomas, Roll, Stephanie, Wegscheider, Karl, Willich, Stefan N., Witt, Claudia M.   +11 more
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Acupuncture in Patients Undergoing Cancer Therapy: Their Interest and Belief in Acupuncture is High, But Few are Using It

Integrative Cancer Therapies, 2022
Objectives: Since pre-existing expectations, that is, beliefs, in a treatment may modify outcomes, and acupuncture studies often fail to measure expectations, we wanted to investigate the use of acupuncture, interest, and belief in acupuncture effects ...
Ylva Widgren, Per Fransson, Anna Efverman   +2 more
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Acupuncture randomized trials (ART) in patients with chronic low back pain and osteoarthritis of the knee - Design and protocols [PDF]

, 2003
Background: We report on the study design and protocols of two randomized controlled trials (Acupuncture Randomized Trials = ART) that investigate the efficacy of acupuncture in the treatment of chronic low back pain and osteoarthritis of the knee ...
Becker-Witt, C., Brinkhaus, Benno, Hummelsberger, J., Irnich, D., Jena, S., Linde, K., Melchart, Dieter, Streng, A., Wagenpfeil, S., Willich, S. N.   +9 more
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