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Acupuncture for irritable bowel syndrome:primary care based pragmatic randomised controlled trial [PDF]
, 2012 Background: Acupuncture is used by patients as a treatment for irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) but the evidence on effectiveness is limited. The purpose of the study was to evaluate the effectiveness of acupuncture for irritable bowel syndrome in primary ...
Bloor, Karen +27 more
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The Effects of Acupuncture on Crohn’s Disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Journal of Pharmacopuncture, 2023 Objectives: Crohn’s disease is a chronic gastrointestinal disease that belongs to inflammatory bowel disease. This systematic review aims to assess the level of evidence in randomized controlled trials (RCTs) on the effects of acupuncture for Crohn’s ...
Joon Hyun Bae +5 more
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Placebo devices as effective control methods in acupuncture clinical trials : a systematic review [PDF]
, 2015 Acupuncture has been widely used to treat certain conditions in clinical practice. However, clinical trials with control groups have yielded conflicting results.
Xie, Yimin +7 more
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Getting the grip on nonspecific treatment effects: emesis in patients randomized to acupuncture or sham compared to patients receiving standard care. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2011 It is not known whether or not delivering acupuncture triggers mechanisms cited as placebo and if acupuncture or sham reduces radiotherapy-induced emesis more than standard care.Cancer patients receiving radiotherapy over abdominal/pelvic regions were ...
Anna Enblom +7 more
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Acupuncture analgesia: Is it verum or sham? [PDF]
OA Anaesthetics, 2013 Introduction There is increasing evidence that acupuncture is an effective therapeutic technique for some patients with painful conditions; but, there is ongoing controversy as to whether this effect is primarily due to mechanical or direct effects of acupuncture (verum) or non-specific factors, including placebo (sham). This paper explores some of the
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Advanced Science, EarlyView.Hederagenin is identified as a GABAA1‐targeting natural compound that suppresses morphine‐associated reward by restraining Ca2+–CaMK–cAMP–CREB signaling in ventral tegmental dopaminergic neurons. RVG29‐modified liposomal delivery further enhances brain accumulation and behavioral efficacy, providing a mechanistically defined strategy for natural ...
Hongyang Jiang +15 more
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, 2009 Research into acupuncture has shown that individuals continue to reportfavourable clinical effects despite the lack of systematic evidence supporting apoint specific therapeutic effect for real acupuncture treatment.
Hill, Clare Marie
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BMC Medicine, 2010 Background While several recent large randomized trials found clinically relevant effects of acupuncture over no treatment or routine care, blinded trials comparing acupuncture to sham interventions often reported only minor or no differences.
Schneider Antonius +3 more
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Frontiers in Neuroscience, 2020 Primary dysmenorrhea (PDM) is a common complaint in women throughout the menstrual years. Acupuncture has been shown to be effective in dysmenorrhea; however, there are large interindividual differences in patients’ responses to acupuncture treatment ...
Siyi Yu +9 more
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Thermally Drawn Bioelectric Catheters: Enabling Proprioceptive Endovascular Navigation
Advanced Intelligent Systems, EarlyView.This work introduces a novel bioelectric navigation system eliminates the need for harmful fluoroscopy during endovascular surgeries. A bespoke 16‐electrode catheter is fabricated using rapid thermal drawing and laser micro‐machining. Paired with a real‐time tracking algorithm fusing vascular geometry detection and distance estimation, this technology ...
Alex Ranne +8 more
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