المؤلفون: Hinman, Rana S., McCrory, Paul, Pirotta, Marie, Relf, Ian, Crossley, Kay M., Reddy, Prasuna, Forbes, Andrew, Harris, Anthony, Metcalf, Ben R., Kyriakides, Mary, Novy, Kitty, Bennell, Kim L.

المصدر: BMC Complementary & Alternative Medicine; 2012, Vol. 12 Issue 1, p161-171, 11p, 1 Diagram, 3 Charts

مصطلحات موضوعية: CHRONIC pain treatment, KNEE pain, ACUPUNCTURE, ACUPUNCTURE points, ANALYSIS of covariance, CONFIDENCE intervals, COST effectiveness, FAMILY medicine, HYPODERMIC needles, LASERS, LONGITUDINAL method, RESEARCH methodology, HEALTH outcome assessment, PLACEBOS, PSYCHOLOGICAL tests, QUALITY of life, QUESTIONNAIRES, REGRESSION analysis, SCALES (Weighing instruments), SELF-evaluation, INTEGRATIVE medicine, PAIN measurement, TREATMENT effectiveness, DESCRIPTIVE statistics, THERAPEUTICS

مصطلحات جغرافية: VICTORIA

مستخلص: Background: Chronic knee pain is a common and disabling condition in people over 50 years of age, with knee joint osteoarthritis being a major cause. Acupuncture is a popular form of complementary and alternative medicine for treating pain and dysfunction associated with musculoskeletal conditions. This pragmatic Zelen-design randomised controlled trial is investigating the efficacy and cost-effectiveness of needle and laser acupuncture, administered by medical practitioners, in people with chronic knee pain. Methods/Design: Two hundred and eighty two people aged over 50 years with chronic knee pain have been recruited from metropolitan Melbourne and regional Victoria, Australia. Participants originally consented to participate in a longitudinal natural history study but were then covertly randomised into one of four treatment groups. One group continued as originally consented (ie natural history group) and received no acupuncture treatment. The other three were treatment groups: i) laser acupuncture, ii) sham laser or, iii) needle acupuncture. Acupuncture treatments used a combined Western and Traditional Chinese Medicine style, were delivered by general practitioners and comprised 8-12 visits over 12 weeks. Follow-up is currently ongoing. The primary outcomes are pain measured by an 11-point numeric rating scale (NRS) and self-reported physical function measured by the Western Ontario and McMaster (WOMAC) Universities Osteoarthritis Index subscale at the completion of treatment at 12 weeks. Secondary outcomes include quality of life, global rating of change scores and additional measures of pain (other NRS and WOMAC subscale) and physical function (NRS). Additional parameters include a range of psychosocial measures in order to evaluate potential relationships with acupuncture treatment outcomes. Relative cost-effectiveness will be determined from health service usage and outcome data. Follow-up assessments will also occur at 12 months. Discussion: The findings from this study will help determine whether laser and/or needle acupuncture is efficacious, and cost-effective, in the management of chronic knee pain in older people. Trial registration: Australian New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry reference: ACTRN12609001001280 [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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المؤلفون: Chao, M., Wade, C.

المصدر: BMC Complementary & Alternative Medicine; 2012, Vol. 12 Issue Suppl 1, p1-1, 1p

مصطلحات موضوعية: TREATMENT of dysmenorrhea, ACUPUNCTURE points, CROSSOVER trials, INJECTIONS, HEALTH outcome assessment, PHYSIOLOGIC salines, SCALE analysis (Psychology), SCALES (Weighing instruments), VITAMIN K, PILOT projects, PAIN measurement, RANDOMIZED controlled trials, TREATMENT effectiveness

مصطلحات جغرافية: UNITED States

مستخلص: An abstract of the article "A pilot crossover trial of acupoint injection for treating primary dysmenorrhea," by M. Chao and C. Wade is presented.

المؤلفون: Son, B., Yun, Y., Choi, I.

المصدر: BMC Complementary & Alternative Medicine; 2012, Vol. 12 Issue Suppl 1, p1-1, 1p

مصطلحات موضوعية: ACNE, SKIN disease treatment, ACUPUNCTURE points, HEALTH outcome assessment, QUALITY of life, SCALES (Weighing instruments), RANDOMIZED controlled trials, TREATMENT effectiveness, BLIND experiment

مستخلص: An abstract of the article "Efficacy of ah shi point acupuncture on acne vulgaris," by B. Son and colleagues is presented.

المؤلفون: Xie, Yang, Li, Jian-sheng, Yu, Xue-qing, Li, Su-yun, Zhang, Nian-zhi, Li, Ze-geng, Shao, Su-ju, Guo, Lian-xiang, Zhu, Lin, Zhang, Yi-jie

المصدر: Chinese Journal of Integrative Medicine; Apr2013, Vol. 19 Issue 4, p260-268, 9p

مصطلحات موضوعية: HERBAL medicine, OBSTRUCTIVE lung disease treatment, ACUPUNCTURE, ACUPUNCTURE points, ANALYSIS of covariance, COMBINED modality therapy, CONTROLLED release preparations, OBSTRUCTIVE lung diseases, CHINESE medicine, HEALTH outcome assessment, QUALITY of life, QUESTIONNAIRES, RESEARCH funding, PULMONARY function tests, STATISTICAL sampling, SCALES (Weighing instruments), STATISTICAL hypothesis testing, T-test (Statistics), THEOPHYLLINE, RANDOMIZED controlled trials, TREATMENT effectiveness, CONTROL groups, BLIND experiment, DISEASE exacerbation, DRUG administration, DRUG dosage

مستخلص: Objective: To evaluate the efficacy of Bufei Yishen Granule (补肺益肾颗粒, BFYSG) combined with Shufei Tie (舒肺贴) acupoint sticking therapy on quality of life of patients with stable chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Methods: A multi-center, double-blinded, double-dummy and randomized controlled method was adopted in this trial. A total of 244 patients were randomly assigned to a trial group and a control group according to the random number, each with 122 patients; treatment allocation occurred when the participants met the inclusion criteria and signed the informed consent form. In the trial group, patients were treated with BFYSG combined with 'Shufei Tie' acupoint sticking therapy and sustained-release theophylline dummy, and in the control group patients were treated with oral sustained-release theophylline and BFYSG dummy combined with 'Shufei Tie' acupoint sticking therapy dummy. The therapeutic course for two groups was 4 months and the follow-up was 6 months. The frequency and duration of acute exacerbation calculated by adding up each frequency and duration of acute exacerbation in treatment and follow-up time respectively, the quality of life measured by the World Health Organization Quality of Life (WHOQOL)-BREF scale and adult COPD quality of life (COPD-QOL) scale were observed. Results: Among the 244 enrolled patients, 234 were screened for full analysis set (FAS); 221 were screened for per-protocol analysis set (PPS). After 4-month treatment and 6-month follow-up there were differences between the trial group and the control group in frequency of acute exacerbation (FAS: P=0.013; PPS: P=0.046); duration of acute exacerbation (FAS: P=0.005; PPS: P=0.006); scores of physiological, psychological and environment aspects of the WHOQOL-BREF questionnaire (FAS: P=0.002, P=0.006, P=0.000; PPS: P=0.00, P=0.001, P=0.000); scores of daily living ability, social activity, depression symptoms aspects of the COPD-QOL questionnaire (FAS: P=0.000, P=0.000, P=0.006; PPS: P=0.002, P=0.001, P=0.001). Conclusion: BFYSG combined with acupoint sticking therapy could improve the quality of life of patients with stable COPD. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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المؤلفون: Huo, Ze-jun, Guo, Jia, Li, Dong

المصدر: Chinese Journal of Integrative Medicine; Mar2013, Vol. 19 Issue 3, p187-191, 5p

مصطلحات موضوعية: ANXIETY treatment, THERAPEUTICS, MENTAL depression, INSOMNIA treatment, ACUPUNCTURE, ACUPUNCTURE points, CHI-squared test, HEALTH outcome assessment, STATISTICAL sampling, SCALES (Weighing instruments), RANDOMIZED controlled trials, TREATMENT effectiveness, DATA analysis software

مصطلحات جغرافية: CHINA

مستخلص: Objective: To assess the clinical therapeutic effect of acupuncture with meridian acupoints combined with three Anmian acupoints. Methods: Sixty subjects were randomly divided into two groups: the acupuncture with meridian acupoints group (Group A), and the acupuncture with meridian acupoints and three Anmian acupoints group (Group B) with 30 cases in each group. After 4-week treatment, the clinical therapeutic effects and scores for the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI), depression index and anxiety index were assessed in the two groups before and after treatment. Results: The total effective rate of therapy was higher in Group B (93.3%) compared with that in the Group A (66.7%, P<0.05). When comparing after treatment with before treatment, there were significant differences in the PSQI score of sleep quality, time to sleep, sleep time, sleep disorders in Group A ( P <0.05) and significant differences in the PSQI score of sleep quality, time to sleep, sleep time, sleep disorders and daytime disorders in Group B ( P <0.01 or P<0.05). There were significant differences in total PSQI score between Group A and Group B ( P<0.05). Both groups improved the depression and anxiety state of the patients, but acupuncture with meridian acupoints combined with three Anmian acupoints was more effective than meridian acupoints alone ( P<0.05). Conclusion: Acupuncture with meridian acupoints combined with three Anmian acupoints can improve the sleeping quality of patients with insomnia. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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