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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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Cupping helpful for low back pain
Categories: Back
German clinicians have determined that adding cupping to analgesic medication can reduce lower back pain more effectively than medication alone ...
Acupuncture effective for osteoporosis
A systematic review from China indicates that acupuncture could be an effective therapy for treating osteoporosis ...
Acupuncture beneficial for disc prolapse
Categories: Back
A Chinese systematic review has shown positive results for acupuncture in the treatment of lumbar disc herniation ...
Acupuncture relieves postpartum sciatica
Acupuncture compares favourably to bed rest for the relief of postpartum sciatica, conclude the authors of a study carried out in China ...
Acupuncture more effective than morphine for acute kidney pain
Acupuncture is associated with a much faster and deeper analgesic effect and better tolerance in comparison with morphine for patients suffering from acute renal colic ...
Gua sha better than hot pack for lumbar pain
Categories: Back
Gua sha may elicit a more long-lasting anti-inflammatory effect relative to hot pack treatment, leading to better pain relief and mobility in elderly patients with chronic low back pain ...
Electro-acupuncture better than TENS for sciatica
Electro-acupuncture demonstrates greater short- and long-term benefits for chronic discogenic sciatica than medium-frequency electrotherapy (MFE - similar to transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation or TENS) ...
Ten treatment sessions better for back pain
Categories: Back
Findings from a small exploratory study carried out in the UK suggest a trend of increased benefits for clinical outcomes after ten sessions of adjunctive acupuncture for chronic low back pain ...
Papers challenge NICE's removal of acupuncture from UK pain guidelines
Categories: Back, General discussion
In stark contrast to the increasing medical acceptance of acupuncture and other complementary therapies in the United States, and their growing inclusion in medical guidelines for doctors who are treating pain conditions, the UK's National Institute ...
American College of Physicians recommends acupuncture for back pain
Categories: Back
The American College of Physicians’ new guidelines on the treatment of chronic low back pain strongly recommend the use of acupuncture as a first-line treatment, finding it to be more effective for pain relief and improvement in function than p ...
Acupuncture reduces pain of osteoporosis
German clinicians have found acupuncture to be effective in producing sustained, clinically relevant pain relief in patients with osteoporosis ...
Acupuncture cost-effective for low back pain
Categories: Back
Evidence identified by a systematic literature review by UK authors suggests that acupuncture represents a cost-effective non-pharmacological treatment option for low back pain ..
Acupuncture helps with pain from spinal stenosis
Categories: Back
Acupuncture can have a significant effect on pain and quality of life in patients with lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS), according to a pilot case series carried out by Iranian researchers ...
Acupuncture adds benefit to standard care for pregnancy back pain
Categories: Pregnancy & labour, Back
A feasibility study carried out in the UK suggests that acupuncture can add benefit to standard care (SC) for back pain in pregnancy ...
Single ear acupuncture treatment reduces low back pain
Categories: Back
A single session of auricular acupuncture (AA) can have an immediate effect on reducing pain intensity in individuals with low back pain ...
Acupuncture more effective than drugs for sciatica
Acupuncture may be more effective than drugs, and may enhance the effect of drugs, for patients with sciatica ...
Acupuncture deactivates brain in experimental low back pain
Categories: Back
A research team from China has investigated how acupuncture modulates brain networks in acute low ...back pain (ALBP) subjects
Patients' experience of acupuncture for low back pain
Categories: Back
Australian researchers have conducted a study exploring the experience of acupuncture for people with chronic low back pain...
Acupuncture effective for sciatica
Categories: Back
A systematic review and network meta-analysis comparing the clinical effectiveness of different treatment strategies for sciatica supports the effectiveness of acupuncture for this condition. A network meta-analysis can provide estimates of relative efficacy between many interventions, even though some have never been compared head-to-head. UK authors identified 122 relevant studies covering 21 tr ...
Acupuncture cost-effective for back pain
Categories: Back
Australian authors have concluded that acupuncture is a cost-effective treatment strategy for patients with chronic lower back pain (CLBP).
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