...Zheng-Tao Lv; Zhi-Qiang Li; Xiang Zhou; Wen-Wen Ma; Jin-Ming Zhang; An-Min Chen Summary This systematic review aims to evaluate the efficacy and safety of acupuncture therapy for treating patients with chondromalacia patellae compared to non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAID). Eight...

...Haizhen Zheng; Xiaofeng Zhao; Yuzheng Du; Xuemin Shi Summary Background: Effective control of hypertension is deeply associated with the secondary prevention of stroke. The blood pressure-lowering effect of acupuncture alone is controversial but worthy of exploration, considering the side effects...

... no significant associations between parental expectancy or anxiety and children experiencing vomiting and pain. Conclusion: The present study is the first to investigate placebo by proxy in acupuncture treatment for children. The findings were not able to demonstrate any placebo effect by proxy. Unknown...

...Jeong-Eun Yoo; Dal-Seok Oh We aimed to evaluate if acupuncture can improve clinical benefits and patient satisfaction after gynaecological surgery supported by enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) programmes. Therefore, we evaluated patient as well as clinical outcome in patient recovery after...

...Meaghan Coyle; Jingwen Deng; Anthony Lin Zhang; Jingjie Yu; Xinfeng Guo; Charlie Changli Xue; Chuanjian Lu The purpose of this review was to evaluate the efficacy and safety of acupuncture therapies in the treatment of psoriasis vulgaris. Embase, CENTRAL, PubMed, AMED, CINAHL, CNKI, CQVIP, CBM...

...Miriam Ortiz; Benno Brinkhaus; Paul Enck; Frauke Musial; Frank Zimmermann-Viehoff Background: Acupuncture was shown to reduce symptoms of seasonal allergic rhinitis (SAR). The present study investigated (a) whether autonomic function would differ in SAR patients and healthy controls, and (b...

...Zhengjie Li; Fang Zeng; Yue Yang; Yuan Chen; Danhua Zhang; Jinbo Sun; Wei Qin; Jie Yang; Fanrong Liang Background: Little research has been done on the connection between functional status and acupuncture efficacy; however, functional status is a key factor in the study of acupuncture efficacy...

...Alexander Otti; Michael Noll-Hussong As a complementary medical procedure, acupuncture has a significant impact on the treatment of acute and chronic pain. Though the physiological mechanisms behind this method are still unclear, acupuncture has been claimed to rely also on changes in the central...

...Petra I. Bäumler; Michael Simang; Sybille Kramer; Dominik Irnich Background: Studies assessing the point-specific effect of acupuncture or the characteristics of acupuncture points (APs) tend to yield inconclusive results. In order to identify a possible confounding factor, we aimed to examine...

...André Vilella Guerreiro da Silva; Mary Uchiyama Nakamura; José Antônio Cordeiro; João Bosco Guerreiro da Silva; Gloria E.F. Mendes; Emmanuel A. Burdmann Background: This study sought to determine if acupuncture in LI4 and SP6, or in sacral points could harm the pregnancy outcome in Wistar rats...

... Meissnera,b Barbara Böhlingc Annemaria Schweizer-Arauc a Institute of Medical Psychology, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, b Institute of General Practice, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technical University Munich, c Private Practice, Diessen, Germany Keywords Endometriosis · Pain · Acupuncture...

...Klaus Linde; Karin Niemann; Karin Meissner Background and Objective: A recent Cochrane review on placebo interventions for all kinds of conditions found that ‘physical placebos’ (which included sham acupuncture) were associated with larger effects over no-treatment control groups than...

... by 100% (36/36) of departments identified. The only used CAM therapy was acupuncture, which was available in 5.6% (2/36) of the departments. All other methods (homeopathy, aromatherapy, massage etc.) were not used at all. Furthermore, acupuncture was only administered by physicians. These findings were...

...Benno Brinkhaus; Claudia M. Witt; Miriam Ortiz; Stephanie Roll; Thomas Reinhold; Klaus Linde; Florian Pfab; Bodo Niggemann; Josef Hummelsberger; Dominik Irnich; Karl Wegscheider; Stefan N. Willich Background: We report on the study design and protocol of a randomised controlled trial (Acupuncture...

...Matthias Karst; Diana Schneidewind; Dirk Scheinichen; Bjoern Juettner; Michael Bernateck; Albrecht Molsberger; Alexandr Parlesak; Torsten Passie; Ludwig Hoy; Matthias Fink Background: In a previous study it has been shown that acupuncture activates the respiratory burst (RB) of neutrophils...

...Claudia M. Witt; Daniel Pach; Benno Brinkhaus; Katja Wruck; Brigitte Tag; Sigrid Mank; Stefan N. Willich Background: To evaluate the safety of acupuncture in a large number of patients receiving conventional health care and, based on these results, to develop a new medical consent form...

... returned by 40.3% (381/946) of the identified departments. The most commonly used CAM therapy was acupuncture (available in 97.3% (366/376) of departments) followed by homeopathy (offered in 93.4%) and aromatherapy (available in 76.6%). Most decisions regarding CAM use were made by midwives; only decisions...

...A. Kistler; C. Mariauzouls; C. Kuhr; D. Simmen; C.A. Maranta; J. Stratil; N. Müller; M. Wall; B. Suter In a randomized, single-blind study the effects of acupuncture or non-acupuncture point needling on sympathetic reflexes (fingertip cutaneous microcirculation measured by laser Doppler flowmetry...

...K. Linde; F. Worku; W. Stör; M. Wiesner-Zechmeister; R. Pothmann; T. Weinschütz; D. Melchart Objective: To provide an overview of the evidence from randomized clinical trials about the efficacy and effectiveness of acupuncture in the treatment of asthma. Data Sources: Relevant articles were...

...A.R. White; K.L. Resch; E. Ernst Background: Acupuncture is a popular therapy for smoking cessation. The data on effectiveness are, however, contradictory. Objective: A best evidence synthesis, avoiding the drawbacks of a classical review as well as those of a meta-analysis, might clarify the issue...