Research Archive
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Another result from the large multi-centre German Acupuncture Trials (GERAC), suggests that both real and sham acupuncture are much more effective against chronic low back pain than conventional therapy. The patient- and...
Electroacupuncture is an effective treatment for intervertebral disk disease in dogs. Fifty dogs with signs of thoracolumbar intervertebral disk disease were randomly allocated to receive either electroacupuncture stimulation combined with standard Western medical treatment, or standard treatment alone. The dogs receiving electroacupuncture took significantly less time to recover and start walking unassisted again. (Evaluation of electroacupuncture treatment for thoracolumbar intervertebral disk disease in dogs. J Am Vet Med Assoc. 2007 Sep 15;231(6):913-8).
A large American study has concluded that acupuncture for back pain results in persistent clinically meaningful improvement, which is better than that achieved with standard care. A group from Seattle carried out a large...
Authors from Northern Ireland have published a systematic review that supports the use of acupuncture as a treatment for low back pain (LBP). Twenty-three trials involving 6359 participants were included in the meta-analysis. The...
A Japanese team has investigated the effect of acupuncture on perceived pain, mood disturbances and medical expenses related to low back pain (LBP) among employees of a steel company. In the intervention study, seventy-two...
One week of continuous auricular acupuncture decreases the pain and disability experienced by women with pregnancy-related low back and posterior pelvic pain. In a randomised controlled trial, American clinicians randomly assigned...
A pilot study designed to test the feasibility of a randomised controlled trial comparing the effectiveness of two frequencies of acupuncture treatment for chronic low back pain (LBP) has found that clinical improvements achieved...
Japanese researchers have found acupuncture to be superior to injection of local anaesthetic for the treatment of lower back pain. Twenty six patients were randomly allocated to either acupuncture or local anaesthetic injection at...
A British author has suggested that the effect of acupuncture treatment on low back pain may be determined by the quality of the relationship between the patient and their mother during the first 18 months of their life. Previous...
One session of acupuncture seems to have an influence on the deformity of some scoliosis patients. In a controlled single blind crossover study, verum acupuncture, carried out according to TCM principles, was compared with sham...