ACUPUNCTURE MINIMALLY BENEFICIAL FOR OSTEOARTHRITIS

The latest systematic review to assess the effects of acupuncture for treating peripheral joint osteoarthritis (OA) has concluded that although there is evidence of benefit, it is probably not clinically relevant and may be partially due to placebo effects. The German authors included 16 trials involving 3498 people in their analysis. In comparison with a sham control, acupuncture showed statistic ...

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