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

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

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

Despite the findings that the odds ratios of existing literature suggest a role for acupuncture in the treatment of depression, the evidence thus far is ...

Acupuncture was superior to waiting-list in one study, and either equal or superior to physiotherapy in three studies. Needle acupuncture was not superior to ...

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

Acupuncture appeared to be at least equally as effective as antidepressant therapy in reducing symptom severity based on reductions in depression instrument ...

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

Further studies are justified. K : Acupuncture, Lasers, Neck pain, Spinal diseases, Randomized controlled trial,. Systematic review.

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

Among the 9 RCTs examined, five were deemed to be of low quality based upon Jadad criteria. The odds ratios derived from comparing acupuncture with control ...

Blinding Measured: A Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled ...

Background. There is no agreement among researchers on viable controls for acupuncture treatment, and the assessment of the effectiveness of ...

A Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials - Sage Journals

The majority of the 14 trials comparing true and sham acupuncture showed at least a trend in favor of true acupuncture. The pooled responder rate ratio was 1.53 ...

Acupuncture for tension-type headache: a systematic review and ...

In contrast to medication, acupuncture was more effective to reduce pain intensity [9 RCTs, SMD = −0.62, 95%CI (−0.86, −0.38), I2 = 63%, low certainty]. Adverse ...

Randomized Controlled Trials of Acupuncture for Neck Pain

Moreover, the meta-analysis with a pooled SMD of −0.53 (95% CI, −0.94 to −0.11) showed that acupuncture was significantly more effective than sham acupuncture ...

Acupuncture for Primary Insomnia: An Updated Systematic Review ...

Objectives: To provide updated evidence from randomized controlled trials (RCTs) on the effectiveness and safety of acupuncture for primary ...

Plausible Mechanism of Sham Acupuncture Based on Biomarkers

Plausible Mechanism of Sham Acupuncture Based on Biomarkers: A Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials ... Introduction: Sham ...

Effectiveness of Acupuncture for Lateral Epicondylitis: A Systematic ...

One randomized controlled trial (RCT) [8] found that acupuncture might be related to the long-term reduction in migraine recurrence in 16 weeks ...

Use of Acupuncture for Adult Health Conditions, 2013 to 2021

Meaning Despite acupuncture having been the subject of hundreds of randomized clinical trials and systematic reviews for dozens of adult health ...

Systematic review on randomized controlled clinical trials of ...

Although acupuncture or its combined therapies provides certain advantages, most clinical studies are of small sample sizes. Large sample size, randomized, ...

Trends and quality of randomized controlled trials on acupuncture ...

More new randomized controlled trials (RCTs) on acupuncture have been published in Japan since our last updated systematic review (2010).

a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

Acupuncture had no significant effect on the primary outcome of VAS score compared with control treatment; however, positive effects on ...

Acupuncture for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome: A Systematic Review of ...

All randomized controlled trials (RCTs) of acupuncture as a treatment of CTS were included. Methodological quality was assessed using the Cochrane risk of bias ...

Acupuncture for musculoskeletal pain: A meta-analysis and ... - Nature

The aims of this systematic review were to study the analgesic effect of real acupuncture and to explore whether sham acupuncture (SA) type ...

Methodological challenges in design and conduct of randomised ...

An individual patient data meta-analysis of acupuncture for chronic pain found a significant association between pain relief and the number of ...