Background The mechanisms of action underlying acupuncture, including acupuncture point
specificity, are not well understood. In the previous decade, an increasing number of studies …

Myofascial pain syndrome (MPS) has been defined as a regional pain syndrome
characterized by muscle pain caused by myofascial trigger points (MTrPs) clinically. MTrP is …

Unhealed chronic wounds often deteriorate into multiple infection with several kinds of
bacteria and excessive proteolytic wound exudate and remains one of the common …

Background: Acupuncture has promising effects on chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain
syndrome (CP/CPPS), but high-quality evidence is scarce. Objective: To assess the long …

Objective To assess the efficacy of manual acupuncture as prophylactic treatment for
acupuncture naive patients with episodic migraine without aura. Design Multicentre …

Positive allosteric modulators (PAMs) of the mu-opioid receptor (MOR) have been
hypothesized as potentially safer analgesics than traditional opioid drugs. This is based on …

Biofield therapies are noninvasive therapies in which the practitioner explicitly works with a
client's biofield (interacting fields of energy and information that surround living systems) to …

Background Neuropathic pain may be caused by nerve damage, and is often followed by
changes to the central nervous system. Uncertainty remains regarding the effectiveness and …

Question: In women with primary dysmenorrhoea, what is the effect of physiotherapeutic
interventions compared to control (either no treatment or placebo/sham) on pain and quality …

Abstract The United States (US) is facing a national opioid epidemic, and medical systems
are in need of non-pharmacologic strategies that can be employed to decrease the public's …