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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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Electro-acupuncture adds benefit to usual care for back pain
Categories: Back, Acupuncture
Electro-acupuncture (EA) combined with usual care (UC) is more effective than UC alone for pain reduction and functional improvement in patients with non-acute low back pain (LBP) after back surgery ...
Acupuncture has superior benefits in chronic spinal pain
Categories: Back, Acupuncture
Acupuncture is a safe and effective treatment for patients with chronic spinal pain, conclude Chinese systematic review authors ...
Cochrane review finds mixed benefits for acupuncture in low back pain
Categories: Back, Acupuncture
A Cochrane Database systematic review carried out by an internationalteam has found mixed evidence of benefit from acupuncture in the treatment of low back pain ...
Evidence of benefit for electro-acupuncture in chronic low back pain
Categories: Back, Acupuncture
An American study comparing the effects of verum electro-acupuncture (VEA) versus sham electro-acupuncture (SEA) on chronic low back pain has found limited evidence of superiority for real treatment ...
Acupuncture improves sensation in lower back pain via changes in somatosensory cortex
Acupuncture can improve reduced tactile acuity (TA) in patients suffering from chronic low back pain (cLBP) reports an American research team ...
Auricular acupuncture promising for back pain
Categories: Back
Auricular acupuncture is a promising intervention for the treatment of chronic back pain ...
Acupuncture relieves leg pain in sciatica
Twelve sessions of acupuncture show short-term clinical benefits in relieving symptoms of leg pain for patients with sciatica ...
Women respond better to acupuncture for back pain
Categories: Back
Women may respond better than men to acupuncture for low back pain ...
Chinese ear acupuncture better for back pain
Categories: Back
Individualised auricular acupuncture based on Chinese medical principles produces better results for management of chronic back pain than a standardised French (Nogier-style) ear acupuncture protocol ...