Acupuncture as a complement to the pharmacological management of pain, nausea and vomiting after cesarean section: a randomized clinical trial
Conclusion This clinical trial using a single session of acupuncture showed no effectiveness of acupuncture in the prevention of pain, nauseas and vomiting after CS. More well-designed studies are needed to define the role of acupuncture on post-CS. (Source: Acupuncture and Related Therapies)
Source: Acupuncture and Related Therapies - January 3, 2015 Category: Complementary Medicine Source Type: research
Is compassion a part of the non-specific effects of acupuncture?
Publication date: 2012 Source:Acupuncture and Related Therapies, Volume 1, Issue 1 Author(s): Thomas Lundeberg , Iréne Lund , Jan Näslund Acupuncture is widely used for the treatment of chronic (long-term) pain. In a recent study, Vickers et al. characterized the analgesic effect of acupuncture in four different chronic pain conditions, back and neck pain, osteoarthritis, headache, and shoulder pain, and concluded that acupuncture is an effective type of treatment for these chronic pain states. Significant differences between true and sham acupuncture indicate that acupuncture induces superior effects. However, th...
Source: Acupuncture and Related Therapies - October 23, 2014 Category: Complementary Medicine Source Type: research
Neural therapy—A review of the therapeutic use of local anesthetics
Publication date: 2012 Source:Acupuncture and Related Therapies, Volume 1, Issue 1 Author(s): Stefan Weinschenk Neural therapy, or therapeutic local anesthesia (TLA), is the diagnostic and therapeutic use of local anesthetics. This review summarizes the scientific and clinical evidence, indications, methods of application, and possible future research. In the literature, there is a gap between the multitude of data supporting a number of different molecular effects and the few clinical trials that are available. The available clinical studies and case reports, however, show effectiveness in acute and chronic pain, fun...
Source: Acupuncture and Related Therapies - October 23, 2014 Category: Complementary Medicine Source Type: research
The needling sensation: A factor contributing to the specific effects of acupuncture?
Publication date: 2012 Source:Acupuncture and Related Therapies, Volume 1, Issue 1 Author(s): Thomas Lundeberg , Iréne Lund , Jan Näslund Acupuncture is a complex intervention, and there are both specific and non-specific influences associated with its therapeutic benefit. Although large randomized controlled trials (RCT) and systematic reviews have demonstrated the efficacy of acupuncture, the conclusions are controversial due to the lack of a significant difference in the results between real and sham acupuncture. This similarity may be due to the omission of important components of the acupuncture treatment its...
Source: Acupuncture and Related Therapies - October 23, 2014 Category: Complementary Medicine Source Type: research
Time for a modern view of acupuncture and related therapies
Publication date: 2012 Source:Acupuncture and Related Therapies, Volume 1, Issue 1 Author(s): Thomas Lundeberg (Source: Acupuncture and Related Therapies)
Source: Acupuncture and Related Therapies - October 23, 2014 Category: Complementary Medicine Source Type: research
Acupuncture in baby colic
Publication date: May–June 2013 Source:Acupuncture and Related Therapies, Volume 1, Issues 2–3 Author(s): Marianne Reinthal , Iréne Lund , Thomas Lundeberg (Source: Acupuncture and Related Therapies)
Source: Acupuncture and Related Therapies - October 23, 2014 Category: Complementary Medicine Source Type: research
Preliminary evidence of the efficacy of the repetitive muscle vibration therapy in chronic foot drop
Publication date: May–June 2013 Source:Acupuncture and Related Therapies, Volume 1, Issues 2–3 Author(s): Filippo Camerota , Claudia Celletti , Romildo Don , Franco Nucci The tibialis anterior, the main dorsiflexor muscle of the foot, is innervated by the peroneal nerve. Common peroneal nerve lesion represent the most common nerve lesions of the lower limb and can be due to several causative mechanisms. Although the most frequent cause is a common peroneal neuropathy at the neck of the fibula, other causes include anterior horn cell disease, lumbar plexopathies, L5 radiculopathy and partial sciatic neuropathy s...
Source: Acupuncture and Related Therapies - October 23, 2014 Category: Complementary Medicine Source Type: research
Amitriptyline prolongs the antihyperalgesic effect of 2Hz electroacupuncture in mononeuropathic rats
This study examines whether the use of an intraperitoneal injection of amitriptyline changes the effectiveness of EA to reduce neuropathic pain in rats. Changes in the nociceptive threshold of intraperitoneal saline (0.8ml/kg)- or amitriptyline (0.8mg/kg)-treated rats were evaluated using the tail-flick test and a model of neuropathic pain before, during and after a 20-min period of 2Hz EA applied to the Zusanli and Sanynjiao acupoints. The experiments were conducted two or seven days after a sham or chronic constriction injury (CCI) of the sciatic nerve. Amitriptyline had no effect against thermal or neuropathic pain in s...
Source: Acupuncture and Related Therapies - October 23, 2014 Category: Complementary Medicine Source Type: research
Spinal mediation of descending pain inhibitory mechanisms activated by 2/100-Hz electroacupuncture in the rat tail-flick test
Publication date: May–June 2013 Source:Acupuncture and Related Therapies, Volume 1, Issues 2–3 Author(s): Josie Resende Torres da Silva , Marcelo Lourenço da Silva , Wiliam Alves Prado Electroacupuncture (EA) has been widely used for the management of chronic pain, but the mechanism of EA-induced analgesia is not yet fully understood. The present study evaluated the effectiveness of intrathecal antagonists of serotonergic (methysergide), α1- (WB4101) and α2- (idazoxan) adrenoceptors, opioid (naloxone), muscarinic (atropine), GABAA (bicuculline) and GABAB (phaclofen) receptors in blocking 2/100-Hz electroacupu...
Source: Acupuncture and Related Therapies - October 23, 2014 Category: Complementary Medicine Source Type: research
Pain in infants and children—Physiological background and clinical aspects
Publication date: October 2013 Source:Acupuncture and Related Therapies, Volume 1, Issue 4 Author(s): Stefan Lundeberg , Thomas Lundeberg Pain is a vital sign in infants and children and is essential for survival. Pain is subjective and it is only the individual who can describe the pain or the anticipation of pain. In infants, observation of behaviors that suggests pain, physiological and biological markers are used in the clinical assessment. It is well established that infants from the gestational age of about 20 weeks have a functional pain system, even if immature, which can perceive and respond to tissue injury...
Source: Acupuncture and Related Therapies - October 23, 2014 Category: Complementary Medicine Source Type: research
Acupressure and metoclopramide comparison in postoperative nausea and vomiting prevention on laparatomy patients
Conclusions Our study confirmed positive effect of acupressure in PONV prevention in patients after, elective laparotomy, regardless of the type of postoperative analgesia, intravenous or epidural. Thus, since acupressure is a simple and inexpensive method of PONV prevention, without side effects, it, should be considered as standard for PONV prevention on laparatomy patients. (Source: Acupuncture and Related Therapies)
Source: Acupuncture and Related Therapies - October 23, 2014 Category: Complementary Medicine Source Type: research
Antinociceptive effects of sensory stimulation involve dynorphin B supraspinally in rats
In conclusion, DynB is involved in the antinociception that is triggered by sensory stimulation. (Source: Acupuncture and Related Therapies)
Source: Acupuncture and Related Therapies - October 23, 2014 Category: Complementary Medicine Source Type: research
Volatile organic compounds analyzed by gas chromatography-deep ultraviolet spectroscopy
Publication date: February 2014 Source:Acupuncture and Related Therapies, Volume 2, Issue 1 Author(s): Jonas Friberg Exhaled breath contains thousands of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) of which the composition varies depending on status of the individual and the environment. Different metabolic processes within the body produce volatile substances that are released into the blood. When the blood reaches the lungs the products are released into lung tissue and airways. Also, chronic inflammation and/or oxidative stress can result in the excretion of volatile compounds that generate unique VOC patterns. Therefore, me...
Source: Acupuncture and Related Therapies - October 23, 2014 Category: Complementary Medicine Source Type: research
Changing the paradigm—Teaching Western Style Acupuncture in Portugal
Publication date: February 2014 Source:Acupuncture and Related Therapies, Volume 2, Issue 1 Author(s): A. Encarnação , H. Pinto , H. Pinto Ferreira In the past, the teaching of acupuncture to medical doctors in Portugal was mostly linked to Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) concepts. The presentation of the complex TCM diagnostic methods and treatment strategies to medical doctors touches the frontier of “suspension of disbelieve” in order to be able to understand and, in particular, apply those concepts to the treatment. Most of the TCM concepts are almost impossible to translate to western medical terms, ma...
Source: Acupuncture and Related Therapies - October 23, 2014 Category: Complementary Medicine Source Type: research
Electrical current and acupuncture treatment for a paediatric patient with a recurring long thoracic nerve paralysis
Publication date: February 2014 Source:Acupuncture and Related Therapies, Volume 2, Issue 1 Author(s): Phyllis Berger A female paediatric patient aged 9 years presented with right long thoracic nerve palsy for the second time. The first injury that occurred in 2011 was due to a fall and although the patient had a paralysis of the serratus anterior muscle and was unable to elevate the arm, with rehabilitation and conventional physiotherapy, she recovered completely according to the nerve conduction test that was conducted six months post recovery. The second injury to the long thoracic nerve was due to a ballet movemen...
Source: Acupuncture and Related Therapies - October 23, 2014 Category: Complementary Medicine Source Type: research
