Acupuncture and back pain
Reduced Health Resource Use After Acupuncture for Low-Back Pain. Moritz S, Liu MF, Rickhi B, Xu TJ, et al. Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine. 2011;17(11):1015-1019). At a time when reducing costs is a priority for all healthcare systems – an issue which is at the forefront of controversial National Health Service reforms in the UK …
Acupuncture for Tennis Elbow
Acupuncture for tennis elbow Rheumatology 2004; 43: 1085–90 A systematic review of published studies on the effect of acupuncture on lateral elbow (tennis elbow) pain has concluded that “there is strong evidence suggesting that acupuncture is effective in short-term pain relief for patients with lateral epicondyle pain”. The studies reviewed were all randomised or quasi-randomised …
Acupuncture and Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Phramongkutklao College of Medicine, Bangkok, Thailand. Dec 2010. Efficacy of acupuncture versus night splinting for carpal tunnel syndrome: a randomized clinical trial. OBJECTIVE: To compare the efficacy of acupuncture with night splinting for carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS). METHOD: Sixty one mild-to-moderate degree CTS patients, aged 27-67 were randomly assigned to acupuncture …