A5047037352- Acupuncture Treatment Research Studies
- Complementary and Alternative Medicine Studies
- Pain Management and Placebo Effect
- Traditional Chinese Medicine Studies
- Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments
- Healthcare and Venom Research
- Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
- Menstrual Health and Disorders
- Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research
- Botulinum Toxin and Related Neurological Disorders
- Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation
- Infant Health and Development
- Biofield Effects and Biophysics
- Sexual function and dysfunction studies
- Clinical practice guidelines implementation
- Infant Development and Preterm Care
- Myofascial pain diagnosis and treatment
- Pregnancy-related medical research
- Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders
- Pelvic floor disorders treatments
- Menopause: Health Impacts and Treatments
- Endometriosis Research and Treatment
- Health, psychology, and well-being
- Reliability and Agreement in Measurement
- Therapeutic Uses of Natural Elements
The University of Texas at Austin
2014-2024
Oregon College of Oriental Medicine
2024
New England School of Acupuncture
2003-2014
Purdue University West Lafayette
2011
Stanford University
2007-2010
University of Arizona
2001-2010
University of California, San Francisco
2010
University of York
2010
University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
2010
Society for Acupuncture Research
2006-2010
<h3>Abstract</h3> <b>Objective</b> To investigate whether a sham device (a validated acupuncture needle) has greater placebo effect than an inert pill in patients with persistent arm pain. <b>Design</b> A single blind randomised controlled trial created from the two week run-in periods for nested trials that compared and amitriptyline their respective controls. Comparison of participants who remained on continued beyond period to end study. <b>Setting</b> Academic medical centre....
In November 2007, the Society for Acupuncture Research (SAR) held an international symposium to mark 10th anniversary of 1997 NIH Consensus Development Conference on Acupuncture. The presentations revealed considerable maturation field acupuncture research, yet two provocative paradoxes emerged. First, a number well-designed clinical trials have reported that true is superior usual care, but does not significantly outperform sham acupuncture, findings apparently at odds with traditional...
The effectiveness of acupuncture as a treatment for major depression was examined in 38 women, randomly assigned to one three groups. Specific involved treatments symptoms depression; nonspecific that were not clearly part wait-list condition waiting without 8 weeks. and conditions followed by specific treatment. Five women terminated prematurely, 4 prior the completion first Following specifically designed address depression, 64% ( n = 33) experienced full remission. A comparison acute...
To estimate the efficacy of acupuncture for depression during pregnancy in a randomized controlled trial.A total 150 pregnant women who met Diagnostic and Statistical Manual Mental Disorders (Fourth Edition) criteria major depressive disorder were to receive either specific or one two active controls: control massage. Treatments lasted 8 weeks (12 sessions). Junior acupuncturists, not told about treatment assignment, needled participants at points prescribed by senior acupuncturists. All...
Article Abstract Objective: To assess the efficacy of acupuncture as an intervention for major depressive disorder (MDD). Method: Acupuncture was examined in 151 patients with MDD (DSM-IV) who were randomly assigned to 1 3 groups a double-blind randomized controlled trial. The specific involved Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM)-style manual stimulation depression; control conditions consisted (1) nonspecific using comparable number legitimate points not specifically targeted symptoms and...
Background. Achieving reproducibility in research design is challenging when patient cohorts under study are inconsistently defined. Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) diagnosis one example where inconsistency between practitioners has been found. We hypothesise that the use of a validated instrument may improve consistency. Biochemical biomarkers also be used enhance reliability. Methods. Twenty-seven participants with prediabetes were assessed by two TCM using (TEAMSI-TCM). Inter-rater...
Background: Acupuncture may improve motor function in patients with chronic hemiparetic stroke, yet the neural mechanisms underlying such an effect are unknown. As part of a sham-controlled, randomized clinical trial testing efficacy 10-week acupuncture protocol we examined relationship between changes affected upper limb and brain activation using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). Methods: Seven (7) stroke underwent fMRI (spasticity range-of-motion) before after period verum (N...
The current landscape of acupuncture education is marked by significant challenges including the closure prominent schools and a decline in student enrollment. Addressing these issues requires innovative approaches that improve educational content engagement. Given recognized interest research amongst students, integration skills into vital development students practitioners who are equipped with critical thinking. These enable meaningful engagement scientific literature facilitate delivery...
Research into acupuncture has had ripple effects beyond the field of acupuncture. This paper identifies five exemplars to illustrate that there is tangible evidence way insights gleaned from research have informed biomedical research, practice, or policy. The first exemplar documents how early analgesia expanded neuroimaging broadening physiologic understanding and treatment chronic pain. second describes needle become a tool enhance knowledge connective tissue. third exemplar, which...
Several validated sham acupuncture devices have recently become available. While some debate exists on whether such needles are the best placebo control for an RCT of acupuncture, practical advice based research experience is missing from literature. This paper shares our concrete using most commonly used needle (the ‘Streitberger needle’ and its paired verum needle) in a large (n=135) which included two-week run-in period. The gave us opportunity to use device all participants, who were...
Background: Very little research has been conducted in the West to evaluate clinical efficacy of Japanese acupuncture (JA). The characteristics that define and differentiate JA from Chinese styles add specific challenges operationalization treatment protocols for use trials. Objectives: To develop an ecologically valid viable multimodal intervention, including active sham protocols, a pilot randomized sham-controlled trial style treating endometriosis-related chronic pelvic pain adolescents...