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Acupuncture [PDF]

Mayo Clinic Proceedings, 2013
Worldwide, acupuncture is integral to everyday medical practice. In recent decades its practice has gained popularity in the United States. With increasing evidence of its clinical efficacy, acupuncture is now a widely practiced treatment modality in complementary and integrative medicine.
Tony Y, Chon, Mark C, Lee
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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 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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Acupuncture Point Localization Varies Among Acupuncturists [PDF]

, 2012
Background: Studies assessing the point-specific effect of acupuncture or the characteristics of acupuncture points (APs) tend to yield inconclusive results.
Ahn AC, Ahn AC, Aird M, Campbell A, Colbert AP, Coyle M, Cummings M, Dhond RP, Dincer F, Dominik Irnich, Dorsher PT, Dung HC, Fang JL, Fink M, Harris RE, Heine H, Hsiu H, Irnich D, Kramer S, Langevin HM, Langevin HM, Langevin HM, Lee A, Melzack R, Michael Simang, Petra I. Bäumler, Sybille Kramer, Wick F   +27 more
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Minimal acupuncture is not a valid placebo control in randomised controlled trials of acupuncture: a physiologist's perspective

Chinese Medicine, 2009
Placebo-control of acupuncture is used to evaluate and distinguish between the specific effects and the non-specific ones. During 'true' acupuncture treatment in general, the needles are inserted into acupoints and stimulated until deqi is evoked.
Lundeberg Thomas, Näslund Jan, Lund Iréne   +2 more
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Systematic reviews of complementary therapies - an annotated bibliography. Part 1: Acupuncture [PDF]

, 2001
Background Complementary therapies are widespread but controversial. We aim to provide a comprehensive collection and a summary of systematic reviews of clinical trials in three major complementary therapies (acupuncture, herbal medicine, homeopathy ...
A Lee, A Vickers, A Vickers, AH MacLennan, AJ Vickers, AJ Vickers, Andrew Vickers, AR White, AR White, AR White, AR White, B O'Brien, BM Berman, Brian Berman, C Vincent, C Zollman, CJ Vickers, D Jewell, D McCrory, D Melchart, Dieter Melchart, DJ Cook, DL Diehl, DM Eisenberg, E Ernst, E Ernst, E Ernst, E Ernst, E Ernst, E Ernst, E Ernst, E Ernst, G ter Riet, G ter Riet, G ter Riet, G ter Riet, G ter Riet, G ter Riet, G ter Riet, G ter Riet, G ter Riet, G ter Riet, Gerben ter Riet, H Vernon, J Ezzo, J Filshie, J Glanville, J Kleijnen, J Lautenschläger, J Park, Johannes Thormählen, JWG Jacobs, K Linde, K Linde, KJ Thomas, KL Resch, Klaus Linde, LA Smith, M Law, Maria Hondras, MS Araujo, MS Patel, MWvan Tulder, MWvan Tulder, NIH Consensus Development Panel on Acupuncture, P Aikins Murphy, P Harris, P Rosted, PE Harris, R Beck, R Hammerschlag, RA Dobie, RE Goslin, V Brewington, W Longworth   +74 more
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Acupuncture for cancer pain in adults. [PDF]

, 2011
BACKGROUND: Forty percent of individuals with early or intermediate stage cancer and 90% with advanced cancer have moderate to severe pain and up to 70% of patients with cancer pain do not receive adequate pain relief.
Akhileswaran, Alimi, Alimi, Aung, Bardia, Beuken-van Everdingen, Beuken-van Everdingen, Brainin-Mattos, Carr, Cata, Chen, Chen, Coleman, Dang, Dang, Dang, Davis, Derry, Dillon, Ernst, Ernst, Ezzo, Filshie, Filshie, Filshie, Furlan, Goudas, Gralow, Green, Guo, He, Higgins, Hopwood, Jadad, Johnson, Keskinbora, Kwon, Laird, Lee, Lipton, Lund, Lundeberg, Lundeberg, MacPherson, Manheimer, Manheimer, Mao-Ying, Mao-Ying, Mehling, Meng, Minton, Nguyen, Payne, Petrut, Poulain, Qaseem, Ripamonti, Rosier, Sima, Strong, Sun, Trinh, Twycross, Urch, Vallerand, White, White, White, Xia, Yu, Zhang   +70 more
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Review: Study the Role of China Acupuncture and "GI" Acupuncture as an Alternative and Complementary Therapy in the Treatment

Journal of Tropical Pharmacy and Chemistry, 2019
This article discusses the scientific literature review on Chinese acupuncture and "GI"  acupuncture as an attempt therapy many cases, besides that specifically studied the effectiveness of traditional acupuncture china to stress with "GI" acupuncture ...
Risna Agustina, Andreanus A. Soemardji, Felesia Fanty, Lia Amalia   +3 more
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Exploring the evidence base for acupuncture in the treatment of Meniere’s Syndrome — A systematic review [PDF]

, 2011
Meniere’s syndrome is a long-term, progressive disease that damages the balance and hearing parts of the inner ear. To address the paucity of information on which evidence-based treatment decisions should be made, a systematic review of acupuncture for
Brettle, A, Long, AF, Morgan, K, Xing, M
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Contemporary management of pain in cirrhosis: Toward precision therapy for pain

Hepatology, EarlyView., 2022
Abstract Chronic pain is highly prevalent in patients with cirrhosis and is associated with poor health‐related quality of life and poor functional status. However, there is limited guidance on appropriate pain management in this population, and pharmacologic treatment can be harmful, leading to adverse outcomes, such as gastrointestinal bleeding ...
Alexis Holman, Neehar Parikh, Dan J. Clauw, David A. Williams, Elliot B. Tapper   +4 more
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