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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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Acupuncture for fibromyalgia
Categories: Fibromyaigia, Miscellaneous
A Cochrane Database systematic review has summarised the current evidence for the use of acupuncture in the treatment of fibromyalgia.
TCM diagnoses in fibromyalgia (with comment by Peter Deadman)
Categories: Fibromyaigia, General discussion
A US group has examined the prevalence of different TCM diagnoses in a sample of women with fibromyalgia
Yoga helps women with fibromyalgia
Categories: Fibromyaigia, Yoga research
A Canadian team has found that an eight-week yoga intervention is associated with improvements in pain, psychological functioning and cortisol levels in women with fibromyalgia (FM).
Acupuncture for rheumatic conditions - systematic review
An overview of systematic reviews of acupuncture for rheumatic conditions has found relatively clear evidence to suggest that it is effective for osteoarthritis (OA), low back pain and lateral elbow pain, but ineffective for fibromyalgia and rheumatoid arthritis. From their evaluation of the thirty systematic reviews that met their inclusion criteria, the authors concluded that for OA, low back pa ...
Tai chi relieves arthritis pain and aids fibromyalgia
A randomised controlled trial carried out in the USA has evaluated the effectiveness of a six-week tai chi course in reducing symptoms, increasing function and improving psychosocial status in arthritis patients. In the largest study to date carried out under the Arthritis Foundation Tai Chi program, 332 participants were randomly assigned to treatment or a waiting list control. The tai chi interv ...
Acupuncture for fibromyalgia
Categories: Fibromyaigia, Miscellaneous
A systematic review of TCM therapies for treatment of fibromyalgia has concluded that they appear to be effective. The authors looked at twenty-five RCTs (1516 participants) of which ten were eligible for meta-analysis. Acupuncture reduced pain scores and number of tender points compared with conventional medication, however it showed no significant effect on pain reduction compared with sham acup ...
Acupuncture for fibromyalgia
Categories: Fibromyaigia
German authors have systematically reviewed the efficacy of acupuncture for fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS). Seven RCTs (385 patients) with a median treatment time of nine sessions were included. Strong evidence for reduction of pain was found immediately post-treatment, although this was only present in studies judged to be at risk of bias. There was no evidence for reduction of fatigue or sleep dist ...
Acupuncture helps facial pain
Categories: Fibromyaigia, Facial
Twenty-five patients suffering from orofacial pain (myofascial pain 15, temperomandibular joint synovitis 5, fibromyalgia 2, neuropathic pain 2, trigeminal neuralgia 1) were assessed for pain before and after treatment by acupuncture). All patients were treated at Hegu L.I.-4, with further points needled according to individual presentation. Patients received a mean of 3.8 treatments each. All exp ...
Acupuncture and fibromyalgia
Categories: Fibromyaigia
Fibromyalgia is a chronic painful musculoskeletal syndrome of unknown aetiology, characterised by generalised pains in the connective tissues of the body and specific area of knotted muscle fibre - called "trigger points" which are especially painful. It is generally treated with a combination of analgesics and vigorous massage. A recent review of the literature on the treatment of fibro ...
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