Tag: Acupuncture
Acupuncture Reduces Pain With Chronic Sciatica From Herniated Disk
Significant improvements in patient function also seen
Acupuncture May Relieve Pain-Specific Disability in Degenerative Lumbar Stenosis
Greater improvement seen for acupuncture versus sham acupuncture in mean modified Roland–Morris Disability Questionnaire score
Acupuncture Can Reduce Methadone Dose, Opioid Craving
Acupuncture is superior to sham acupuncture for individuals with opioid use disorder receiving methadone maintenance treatment
Acupuncture Aids Sleep in Patients With Parkinson Disease
Benefits persist four weeks after treatment
Acupuncture Reduces Endocrine Symptoms, Hot Flashes in Breast Cancer
Significant improvement seen in endocrine symptom subscale score, hot flash score, FACT-Breast total score
Acupuncture Helps Alleviate PTSD Symptoms in Combat Veterans
Benefits seen for reducing PTSD symptom severity and enhancing fear extinction
Acupuncture Linked to Lower Incidence of Ischemic Stroke in RA
Cumulative incidence of ischemic stroke was lower among patients receiving acupuncture versus no acupuncture
2002 to 2022 Saw Increased Use of Complementary Health by U.S. Adults
Significant increases seen across seven modalities for pain management
Acupuncture Tied to Improvements in Poststroke Motor Aphasia
Significant benefits seen at both week 6 and six months
Acupuncture Offers Some Benefit in Chronic Spontaneous Urticaria
However, differences between acupuncture and sham acupuncture, wait-list control did not meet threshold for minimal clinically important difference
