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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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Ear and laser acupuncture reduces nurses’ back pain
Categories: Back, Acupuncture research
Laser acupuncture combined with auricular acupressure can improve low-back pain (LBP) and quality of life in nurses, concludes a study carried out in Taiwan ...
Acupuncture and myofascial meridian stretching rapidly improve low back pain
Categories: Back, Acupuncture research
Acupuncture and stretching exercises performed according to myofascial meridian theory can contribute to symptom improvement in patients with acute/subacute low-back pain ...
Evidence supports acupuncture treatment for chronic back pain
Categories: Back, Acupuncture research
Verum acupuncture is more effective than sham treatment for the non-pharmacological management of chronic low back pain (LBP), concludes a group of European authors ...
Battlefield Acupuncture (BFA) shows promise for low back pain in emergency setting
Categories: Back, Acupuncture research
Battlefield Acupuncture (BFA) shows promise as an alternative to standard pharmacological interventions for adults presenting to the emergency department (ED) with low back pain ...
Placebo and nocebo suggestions don’t affect acupuncture effects in low back pain
Categories: Back, Acupuncture research
Suggestions regarding either treatment benefits (placebo) or adverse side effects (nocebo) did not affect pain intensity reported after acupuncture treatment for chronic low back pain (CLBP) ...
Acupuncture plus moxibustion most effective for back pain
Chinese authors have used network meta-analysis (NMA) of data to discern optimal acupuncture methods for treating nonspecific low back pain (NLBP) ...
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 ...
Ear acupuncture reduces spinal pain
Categories: Back
Brazilian investigators have found that auricular acupuncture can reduce disability in people with chronic spinal pain ...
Acupuncture is associated with lower back surgery rates
Categories: Back
A large matched cohort study from Korea suggests that undergoing acupuncture treatment is associated with lower lumbar surgery rates for low back pain patients ...
Ear acupuncture reduces disability due to spinal pain
Categories: Back
Ear acupuncture can reduce disability and increase tissue temperature in people with chronic spinal pain ...
Battlefield acupuncture feasible for treating acute low back pain
Categories: Back
Battlefield acupuncture (BFA) is feasible as a therapy for acute low back pain in the emergency department ...
Acupuncture best for spinal stenosis
Categories: Miscellaneous disorders, Back
Acupuncture is significantly more effective than physical exercise or medication for improving physical function in patients with lumbar spinal stenosis ...
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