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Research Archive
Welcome to our Chinese medicine and acupuncture research news pages. We add to the content of these pages continuously as more research news comes in. Browse through the complete archive below or use the category links on the right.
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Acupuncturists' communication style affects treatment outcomes
Categories: Psychological / emotional, Acupuncture research
The analgesic benefits of acupuncture may be partially mediated through placebo effects related to the acupuncturist's behaviour, according to US researchers.
Ear acupuncture effective for pain management
Categories: Miscellaneous, Acupuncture research
US authors have conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis of studies evaluating auricular acupuncture (AA) for pain management.
Needling depth matters for muscle pain
Categories: Miscellaneous, Acupuncture research
Depth of needle penetration is important for relief of exercise-induced muscular pain, according to a Japanese acupuncture study carried out on twenty-two healthy volunteers.
Sham controls may confuse IVF acupuncture studies
Categories: Infertility, Acupuncture research
A paper by Eric Manheimer questions the rationale behind use of sham acupuncture controls in trials of adjuvant acupuncture for in vitro fertilization (IVF).
Acupuncture helps with medically unexplained symptoms
Categories: Miscellaneous disorders, Acupuncture research
UK researchers have found acupuncture to have significant and sustained benefit for patients who frequently attend GP surgeries with medically unexplained physical symptoms (MUPS).
A response to "Acupuncture: Does it alleviate pain and are there serious risks? A review of reviews" by E. Ernst, Myeong Soo Lee and Tae-Young Choi, PAIN®, Volume 152, Issue 4 (April 2011)
Categories: Acupuncture research, General discussion
Edzard Ernst's latest paper on acupuncture continues his endeavours to demonstrate that acupuncture is both more harmful and less effective than is claimed.
Acupuncture-like TENS less effective in opioid-treated patients
Categories: Miscellaneous, Acupuncture research
A Canadian study has compared the analgesic effect of conventional (high frequency) and acupuncture-like (low frequency) TENS between a group of opioid-treated patients and a group of opioid-naive patients
Neck pain: does the number of needles matter?
Categories: Neck, Acupuncture research
Italian researchers have investigated the 'dose' of acupuncture that is necessary to achieve an adequate analgesic effect in patients with cervical myofascial pain syndrome (MPS)
Deqi makes no difference to osteoarthritis pain relief
Categories: Acupuncture research
Research carried out by UK scientists suggests that the intensity of de qi has no effect on the pain relief obtained from acupuncture by patients with osteoarthritis (OA).
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