A systematic review of randomized controlled trials of acupuncture ...

The hypothesis that acupuncture is efficacious in the treatment of neck pain is not based on the available evidence from sound clinical trials, ...

Two reviewers independently extracted data concerning study methods, quality and outcome. Overall, the outcomes of 14 randomized controlled trials were equally ...

Acupuncture for Back Pain: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized ...

Results Twelve studies were included, of which 9 presented data suitable for meta-analysis. The odds ratio of improvement with acupuncture compared with control ...

Randomized controlled trials on acupuncture for migraine

Background: Acupuncture clinical trials have achieved certain results in verifying the efficacy and safety of acupuncture in recent years. However, there are ...

Acupuncture treatment for pain: systematic review of randomised ...

The allocation of patients was adequately concealed in eight trials. The clinicians managing the acupuncture and placebo acupuncture treatments ...

A systematic review of randomized controlled trials of acupuncture in ...

Semantic Scholar extracted view of "A systematic review of randomized controlled trials of acupuncture in the treatment of depression." by R. J. Leo et al.

Acupuncture for carpal tunnel syndrome: A systematic review of ...

Acupuncture is a widely used symptomatic treatment for carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS). The objective of this systematic review was to evaluate the evidence of ...

A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Control ...

Meta-analysis of 6 trials yielded a significant difference in favour of acupuncture (MD: −4.49 [95% CI: −6.41 to −2.15]; I2 = 76%) compared with ...

A systematic review of sham acupuncture validation studies

In clinical research, noninvasive sham acupuncture techniques can only be applied through validation studies. Therefore, this systematic review ...

Acupuncture therapy for chronic lower back pain: a systematic review

Fifteen randomised controlled trials were identified. Of these, four met the eligibility criteria and were critically appraised. These trials suggest ...

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Appropriateness of sham or placebo acupuncture for randomized controlled trials of acupuncture for nonspecific low back pain: a systematic review and ...

How Well Do Randomized Trials Inform Decision Making - PLOS

The 10 trials were found to cover the efficacy-effectiveness continuum; those with more flexible acupuncture and no placebo control scored closer to ...

"Acupuncture for recurrent headache: A systematic review of ...

Reports an error in "Acupuncture for recurrent headaches: A systematic review of randomized controlled trials" by D. Melchart, K. Linde, P. Fischer, ...

Efficacy of Acupuncture for Parkinson's Disease over the Last Decade

Furthermore, analysis of 3 RCTs involving 206 patients revealed no statistically significant difference between acupuncture with Western ...

Scalp acupuncture for Parkinson's disease: A systematic review of ...

In total, 4 RCTs met the inclusion criteria. As assessed by the Unified PD Rating Scale (UPDRS), 2 RCTs showed that SA combined with CTs proved ...

Appropriateness of sham or placebo acupuncture for randomized ...

... acupuncture for randomized controlled trials of acupuncture for nonspecific low back pain: a systematic review and meta-analysis Yan Xiang,1 ...

Efficacy of acupuncture in asthma: systematic review and meta ...

There was a suggestion of preferential publication of trials in favour of acupuncture. There is an obvious need to conduct a full-scale randomised clinical ...

Electroacupuncture for Temporomandibular Disorders: A Systematic ...

In the future, well-designed RCTs are required. It is necessary to investigate clinical trials and systematic reviews to compare the effectiveness and safety of ...

Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials on Acupuncture ...

Objectives: This study aims to review randomized controlled trials on acupuncture for shoulder pain according to the Jadad Scale and the revised standards for ...

A systematic review of randomized clinical trials Acupuncture in ...

The use of acupuncture to relieve cancer-related pain appears to be promising owing to a demonstrated trend toward reducing pain and analgesic use.