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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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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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Operational Standard for Eye Acupuncture with Acupuncture Rehabilitation Therapy of Traditional Chinese Medicine Rehabilitation Techniques

康复学报, 2022
Eye acupuncture with acupuncture rehabilitation therapy refers to the organic combination of eye acupuncture therapy and modern rehabilitation technology.
Working Group of Operational Standard for Eye Acupuncture with Acupuncture Rehabilitation Therapy of Traditional Chinese Medicine Rehabilitation Techniques, SHAO Yan, CUI Cong, KANG Jian, ZHAO Xitong, YU Lihua, YANG Sen, SUN Mengjia, WANG Chenyang, WANG Xingyang, WANG Pengqin   +10 more
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Acupuncture as a complex intervention for depression: A consensus method to develop a standardised treatment protocol for a randomised controlled trial [PDF]

, 2007
Objective: To standardise a complex intervention by defining the characteristic (specific) components of treatment for a randomised controlled trial of acupuncture as an intervention for individuals who have been diagnosed with depression using a ...
MacPherson, Hugh, Schroer, Sylvia
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Comparative efficacy and safety of NSAIDs-controlled acupuncture in the treatment of patients with primary dysmenorrhoea: a Bayesian network meta-analysis

Journal of International Medical Research, 2019
Background Acupuncture and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) are used frequently to treat primary dysmenorrhoea. However, it is unclear whether this treatment greatly reduces the risk of primary dysmenorrhoea.
Falan Luo, Xinyu Huang, Xiaohui Liu, Lijun Wang, Nenggui Xu   +4 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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Methological quality of systematic reviews and meta-analyses on acupuncture for stroke: a review of review [PDF]

, 2017
Objective: To assess the methodological quality of systematic reviews and meta-analyses regarding acupuncture intervention for stroke and the primary studies within them.
Chen, Xin-Lin, Gao, Ri-Yang, Hu, Yue, Li, Xian-Tao, Lu, Li-ya, Mo, Chuan-Wei, Wu, Min-Feng, Xu, Qian, Zhou, Qian-Yi, Zhou, Xuan   +9 more
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Stimulation of TRPV1 by green laser light [PDF]

, 2012
Low-level laser irradiation of visible light had been introduced as a medical treatment already more than 40 years ago, but its medical application still remains controversial.
Gu, Quanbao, Huang, Fang, Schwarz, Wolfgang, Wang, Lina   +3 more
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Randomized controlled trial of acupuncture for anxiety and depression in patients with chronic insomnia

Annals of Translational Medicine, 2021
Background Acupuncture treatment of chronic insomnia (CI) was effective. Anxiety and depression symptoms of the CI patients were improved to varying degrees after acupuncture treatment. Corticosterone (CORT) and 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT) are involved in
Chenyong Liu, Ya-nan Zhao, Shan Qin, Xiao-qiu Wang, Yuanyuan Jiang, Wenzhong Wu   +5 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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