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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 reduces pain and improves function in de Quervain's
Categories: Acupuncture research, Hand & wrist
Acupuncture is effective for reducing pain intensity and improving hand strength and disability in patients with de Quervain's tenosynovitis (DQt) ...
Acupuncture effective for rheumatoid arthritis of the hand
Categories: Arthritis , Hand & wrist
Acupuncture is effective for reducing pain and disability in patients suffering from rheumatoid arthritis of the hand, conclude a team of European investigators ...
Acupuncture reduces median nerve swelling in carpal tunnel
Categories: Hand & wrist
Acupuncture results in both clinical and morphological improvement of the median nerve at the wrist in patients with carpal tunnel syndrome ...
Acupuncture corrects pathological brain wiring in carpal tunnel syndrome
Categories: Hand & wrist
Acupuncture may achieve long-term pain relief in carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) by rewiring the brain, according to findings by an American research team ...
Electro-acupuncture helps reduce carpal tunnel symptoms
Categories: Hand & wrist
Electro-acupuncture (EA) can reduce symptoms and improve function when added to nocturnal splinting for carpal tunnel syndrome ...
Acupuncture eases pain of trigger finger
Categories: Hand & wrist
Japanese researchers report that acupuncture may be an effective treatment for trigger finger ...
Acupuncture more effective than ibuprofen for carpal tunnel syndrome
Categories: Hand & wrist
Acupuncture is more effective than ibuprofen at resolving carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) symptoms ...
Acupuncture has clinical benefits in carpal tunnel syndrome
Categories: Hand & wrist
Research from Taiwan suggests that electro- and manual acupuncture can exert positive therapeutic effects in patients with carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS).
Brain response to electro-acupuncture correlates with symptom reduction in carpal tunnel syndrome
Categories: Acupuncture research, Hand & wrist
An American group has found that the brain’s response to electro-acupuncture (EA) correlates with symptom reduction following EA for carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS).
Acupuncture no better than placebo needling for carpal tunnel syndrome
Categories: Hand & wrist
American researchers have found that acupuncture was not superior to placebo acupuncture for patients with carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS).
Ear electroacupuncture reduces Raynaud's symptoms
Categories: Miscellaneous disorders, Hand & wrist
Auricular electroacupuncture (EA) can reduce the frequency and severity of Raynaud’s attacks, according to a team of researchers from Austria.
Acupuncture better than steroids for carpal tunnel syndrome
Categories: Hand & wrist
A group from Taiwan has demonstrated that short-term acupuncture treatment can result in long-term improvement in carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) and that acupuncture produces significantly better results than oral steroid treatment. Seventy-seven patients with mild-to-moderate idiopathic CTS were randomised to either four weeks of either oral prednisolone or twice-weekly acupuncture sessions. The pa ...
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- ...
Acupuncture as good as steroids for carpal tunnel
Categories: Hand & wrist
Taiwanese researchers have found short term acupuncture to be as effective as short-term low-dose prednisolone for mild to moderate carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS). Seventy-seven CTS patients were randomly divided into two treatment arms: drug treatment consisting of four weeks of prednisolone (20mg daily for two weeks, then 10mg daily for two weeks) or acupuncture administered in eight sessions over ...
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