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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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Items 1972 to 1980 of 2280 total

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TENS VERSUS ACUPUNCTURE

Categories: Miscellaneous
A study has shown that transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) is less effective than electro-acupuncture in the treatment of chronic pain. 156 patients with chronic pain (lower back ache, osteoarthritis of the knee, and cervical spondylosis) were divided into two groups (one TENS and one electro-acupuncture) and each given fifteen treatments. In the acupuncture group, pain relief was m ...
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CArpal tunnel syndrome

Categories: Hand & wrist
31 patients (36 hands) with carpal tunnel syndrome of a mean 24 months duration, with 14 hands having failed either one or two surgical release procedures, were treated by combined therapy. Primary treatment was low-level laser acupuncture and microamps TENS, and secondary treatment included regular needling and Chinese herbal formulas and supplements. Treatment was given three times a week for 4- ...
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ACUPUNCTURE & PAIN

Categories: Miscellaneous, Facial
A study carried out at the Department for Family Medicine at the University of Maryland has shown that acupuncture is more effective than placebo in the treatment of postoperative oral surgery pain (Archives of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery 1999; 125(5): 567-572).
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Acupuncture and spine cord injury

Categories: Back, Spinal cord
Acupuncture is effective in treating chronic pain following spinal cord injury (SCI) according to research carried out at the Department of Psychiatry, New Jersey Medical School. Twenty-two patients with SCI who suffered moderate to severe pain of at least six months duration received a course of 15 acupuncture treatments over a seven and a half week period after an equivalent assessment period wi ...
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AURICULAR ACUPUNCTURE FOR ACUTE PAIN

Categories: Miscellaneous
A randomised controlled pilot study compared the effects of standard emergency medical care to auricular acupuncture plus standard care in patients with acute pain syndromes. Eighty-seven people with a diagnosis of acute pain completed the emergency room (ER) trial. Participants in the acupuncture group experienced a 23% reduction in pain before leaving the ER, while average pain levels in partici ...
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AUDIT OF ACUPUNCTURE FOR MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN

Categories: Miscellaneous
A retrospective audit of case histories, carried out in a Spanish primary care pain treatment unit, has concluded that acupuncture is effective in treating musculoskeletal pain. Electronically stored case histories of 5981 patients who sought acupuncture treatment for non-oncological pain at the unit, over a nine-year period, were reviewed. The primary outcome measure was the 'success rate', defin ...
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AMBULANCE ACUPRESSURE REDUCES BROKEN ARM PAIN

Categories: Miscellaneous
Applying acupressure to Baihui DU-20 and Hegu L.I.-4 while in transit to hospital effectively reduces pain and anxiety in patients with distal radial fractures. Acupressure was performed in the ambulance on a group of 32 patients either at true acupressure points or at sham points. Vital signs, and pain and anxiety scores were recorded before and after the acupressure treatment. At the hospital, p ...
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ACUPUNCTURE BENEFITS PROSTATE PAIN

Categories: Male disorders, Miscellaneous
Acupuncture treatment is more than twice as likely as sham treatment to improve men's symptoms of chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome. Malaysian researchers randomised 89 patients to ten weeks of twice-weekly 30-minute true or sham acupuncture sessions. The patients were scored on the NIH Chronic Prostatitis Symptom Index (NIH-CPSI). Response to treatment was defined as a minimum six- ...
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Does acupuncture relieve pain?

Categories: Miscellaneous
A systematic review carried out in Denmark and published in the BMJ has concluded that pain relief with acupuncture is minimal and mainly due to placebo effect. However, an accompanying editorial mitigates this seemingly negative result, explaining that interpreting the effects of sham acupuncture may be essential in understanding acupuncture's true analgesic effect. The systematic review assessed ...
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Items 1972 to 1980 of 2280 total

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