Research Archive
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A case report from the UK demonstrates the potential benefits of acupuncture in the treatment of phantom limb pain.
Case studies of two injured American soldiers have shown that scalp acupuncture can relieve pain and restore function and sensation in complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS).
Just one session of acupuncture treatment can result in improvement in pain sensitivity for patients with chronic whiplash-associated disorders (WAD), according to a Belgian study.
An international collaboration, involving some of the UK’s top acupuncture researchers, has provided definitive evidence that acupuncture is effective for chronic pain.
A Turkish pilot study suggests that acupuncture may be an effective method of analgesia in newborn infants.
Acupuncture appears to be an effective adjunct to conventional analgesia for patients recovering from haemorrhoidectomy.
American researchers have found preliminary evidence that acupuncture may be able to help relieve non-cyclic breast pain.
Chinese research has confirmed that the irritability of a myofascial trigger point in the upper trapezius muscle can be suppressed by needling remote acupoints.
Acupoint electrical stimulation (AES) can effectively reduce postoperative pain and analgesic usage, according to an RCT carried out in Taiwan.
Chinese scientists have found that acupuncture can lower levels of pro-inflammatory cytokines in the blood and synovial fluid of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients.