Although most pain is acute and resolves within a few days or weeks, millions of Americans
have persistent or recurring pain that may become chronic and debilitating. Medications may …

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Abstract The Standards for Reporting Interventions in Clinical Trials of Acupuncture
(STRICTA) were published in five journals in 2001 and 2002. These guidelines, in the form …

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

Objectives To study the analgesic effect of acupuncture and placebo acupuncture and to
explore whether the type of the placebo acupuncture is associated with the estimated effect …

A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial was conducted to determine the benefit
of nabilone in pain management and quality of life improvement in 40 patients with …

Objective: This study sought to determine whether sham acupuncture is as efficacious as
true acupuncture, as defined by traditional acupuncture theories. Methods: A systematic …

Purpose Fibromyalgia (FM) can cause chronic widespread pain and seriously affect the
quality of patient lives. Acupuncture therapy is widely used for pain management. However …

OBJECTIVE To test the hypothesis that acupuncture improves symptoms of fibromyalgia.
PATIENTS AND METHODS We conducted a prospective, partially blinded, controlled …

Objective The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of acupuncture treatment on
serum levels of serotonin and substance P (SP) as well as on clinical parameters in patients …