Park et al1 reported on an excellent study evalu-ating the efficacy of traditional acupuncture
for subacute stroke rehabilitation. However, there was no mention of potential mechanisms …

Park et al1 reported on an excellent study evalu-ating the efficacy of traditional acupuncture
for subacute stroke rehabilitation. However, there was no mention of potential mechanisms …

Background Any adjunctive therapy that may reduce persistent disability after stroke should
be considered. Acupuncture is used for this purpose, but there is conflicting evidence on its …

Ernst rightly emphasizes that personal contact between the patient and the physician and a
manual therapy personally carried out by the physician produce a pronounced therapy …

The systematic review and meta-analysis by Wu et al1 is 1 of 17 (not 5, as Wu et al state)
similar reviews already available on the subject of acupuncture for stroke. 2 Most of the …

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acupuncture significantly reduced back pain, presumably because both trials also included …

Moffet takes the view that there is no biological rationale or explanation for the assumption
that verum and sham acupuncture differ. Our study, however, concentrated not only on a …

To the Editor: This article does not meet American Family Physician's standard of rigorously
evidence-based continuing medical education. The authors acknowledge the difficulties of …

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This study compared real versus sham acupuncture in the treatment of paralysis in acute
stroke patients and examined the results in relationship to CT scan lesion sites. Sixteen …