Arya Nielsen

ORCID: 0000-0003-3370-9123
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Research Areas
  • Acupuncture Treatment Research Studies
  • Complementary and Alternative Medicine Studies
  • Pain Management and Placebo Effect
  • Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation
  • Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments
  • Healthcare and Venom Research
  • History of Medicine Studies
  • Mental Health and Psychiatry
  • Traditional Chinese Medicine Studies
  • Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control
  • Pain Management and Opioid Use
  • Myofascial pain diagnosis and treatment
  • Child Abuse and Related Trauma
  • Nutrition and Health in Aging
  • Empathy and Medical Education
  • Medical and Biological Sciences
  • Neurology and Historical Studies
  • Innovations in Medical Education
  • Restraint-Related Deaths
  • Diet and metabolism studies
  • Vascular Anomalies and Treatments
  • Health Literacy and Information Accessibility
  • Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology
  • Disaster Response and Management
  • Influenza Virus Research Studies

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
2017-2025

Mount Sinai Health System
2023

Mount Sinai Beth Israel
2007-2017

The University of Queensland
2015

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
2008

Union Institute & University
2007

Tri-State College of Acupuncture
2005-2007

Healing Institute
2006

American Academy of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine
2006

Regional Hospital Central Jutland
1990

Medical pain management is in crisis; from the pervasiveness of to inadequate treatment, escalation prescription opioids an epidemic addiction, diversion and overdose deaths. The rising costs care managing adverse effects that have prompted action state federal agencies including DOD, VHA, NIH, FDA CDC. There pressure for medicine shift away reliance on opioids, ineffective procedures surgeries toward comprehensive includes evidence-based nonpharmacologic options. This White Paper details...

10.1016/j.explore.2018.02.001 article EN cc-by-nc-nd EXPLORE 2018-03-01

Gua sha is a traditional East Asian healing technique where the body surface press-stroked with smooth-edged instrument to intentionally raise therapeutic petechiae. A indication of neck pain; no data from controlled trials exist support this claim. The researchers aimed investigate effectiveness in symptomatic treatment chronic pain.The study was designed as an open randomized clinical trial.The set Kliniken Essen-Mitte, Academic Teaching Hospital University Duisburg-Essen,...

10.1111/j.1526-4637.2011.01053.x article EN Pain Medicine 2011-01-28

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10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.42509 article EN cc-by-nc-nd JAMA Network Open 2022-01-12

10.1016/j.ctim.2012.05.004 article EN Complementary Therapies in Medicine 2012-07-11

Acupuncture has been shown to be effective for the treatment of chronic musculoskeletal back, neck, and osteoarthritis pain. However, access acupuncture limited in medically underserved low-income populations.Acupuncture therapy delivered groups could reduce cost expand access. We compared effectiveness group versus individual pain function among ethnically diverse, primary care patients with pain.This was a randomized comparative non-inferiority trial 6 Bronx community health centers....

10.1007/s11606-019-05583-6 article EN cc-by Journal of General Internal Medicine 2020-02-19

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic induced a shift to telemedicine, which may have disproportionately affected in-person treatments such as acupuncture therapy. Objectives: We measured trends in reimbursed between 2018 and 2021. also other types of pain care among patients with low back (LBP), was the most common diagnosis for acupuncture. Research Design: A descriptive, retrospective, claims-based analysis. Subjects: sample included any patient who used their insurance pay acupuncture,...

10.1097/mlr.0000000000002153 article EN Medical Care 2025-05-01

This project was designed to test the feasibility and effectiveness of acupuncture therapy given in a group setting for chronic pain.Nonrandomized, repeated measures quasi-experimental trial.Care delivered primary care clinic waiting area after hours.Included were patients (≥18 years old) with pain neck, back, shoulder, or osteoarthritis any site at least three months' duration.Subjects received eight weekly sessions setting. Acupuncture included combination palpation, needling, Tui na, Gua...

10.1093/pm/pnx134 article EN Pain Medicine 2017-05-02

Pain accounts for up to 78% of emergency department (ED) patient visits and opioids remain a primary method treatment despite risks addiction adverse effects. While prior acupuncture studies are promising as an alternative opioid-sparing approach pain reduction, successful conduct multi-center pilot study is needed prepare future definitive randomized control trial (RCT).Acupuncture in the Emergency Department Management (ACUITY) funded by National Center Complementary Integrative Health....

10.1097/md.0000000000028961 article EN cc-by-nc Medicine 2022-03-04

Objective: The aim of this article is to describe the process used develop an acupuncture therapy manual for a large effectiveness trial comparing individual care against group chronic pain in underserved population. design needed not only ensure research consistency and replicability but also be ‘responsive’ real world heterogeneous evolving presentations challenging physical settings. Background: Chronic prevalent United States. While effective pain, minority, ethnically diverse lower...

10.1177/0964528419834015 article EN Acupuncture in Medicine 2019-03-22

The aim of this article is to describe the consensus process used develop an acupuncture intervention protocol for NIH-funded pragmatic randomized controlled trial (PRCT) management chronic low back (cLBP) in older adults (BackInAction).

10.1177/21649561211007091 article EN Global Advances in Health and Medicine 2021-01-01
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