Acupuncture therapy for fibromyalgia: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

X Zhang, H Chen, W Xu, Y Song, Y Gu… - Journal of pain …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
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 …

End points for sickle cell disease clinical trials: patient-reported outcomes, pain, and the brain

AT Farrell, J Panepinto, CP Carroll, DS Darbari… - Blood …, 2019 - ashpublications.org
To address the global burden of sickle cell disease (SCD) and the need for novel therapies,
the American Society of Hematology partnered with the US Food and Drug Administration to …

Methodological challenges in design and conduct of randomised controlled trials in acupuncture

YT Fei, HJ Cao, RY Xia, QY Chai, CH Liang, YT Feng… - Bmj, 2022 - bmj.com
Methodological challenges in design and conduct of randomised controlled trials in acupuncture
Page 1 the bmj | BMJ 2022;376:e064345 | doi: 10.1136/bmj-2021-064345 1 Acupuncture: How …

How to design high quality acupuncture trials—a consensus informed by evidence

YQ Zhang, RM Jiao, CM Witt, L Lao, JP Liu, L Thabane… - Bmj, 2022 - bmj.com
An international panel including patients, clinicians, researchers, acupuncture and surgery
trialists, statisticians, and experts in clinical epidemiology and methodology have developed …

[PDF][PDF] Chronic pain (primary and secondary) in over 16s: assessment of all chronic pain and management of chronic primary pain

N guideline NG193 - Methods, 2021 - eikelandfysio.no
Acupuncture is one of the treatment modalities many pain sufferers seek or get in contact
with whilst living with pain and seeing a variety of healthcare professionals in both publicly …

Effect of electroacupuncture vs sham treatment on change in pain severity among adults with chronic low back pain: a randomized clinical trial

JT Kong, C Puetz, L Tian, I Haynes, E Lee… - JAMA Network …, 2020 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Chronic low back pain has high societal and personal impact but remains
challenging to treat. Electroacupuncture has demonstrated superior analgesia compared …

Effect of acupuncture on pain, fatigue, sleep, physical function, stiffness, well-being, and safety in fibromyalgia: a systematic review and meta-analysis

C Zheng, T Zhou - Journal of pain research, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Purpose Fibromyalgia (FM) is a syndrome characterized by widespread pain, which caused
huge economic and social burden. Acupuncture is often used to manage chronic pain …

Comparing Verum and sham acupuncture in fibromyalgia syndrome: A systematic review and meta‐analysis

J Kim, SR Kim, H Lee, DH Nam - … ‐Based Complementary and …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives. Acupuncture is often used for relieving symptoms of fibromyalgia syndrome
(FMS). Our aim is to ascertain whether verum acupuncture is more effective than sham …

[HTML][HTML] Advancing the understanding of acupoint sensitization and plasticity through cutaneous C-nociceptors

X Cui, K Liu, X Gao, B Zhu - Frontiers in Neuroscience, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Acupoint is the key area for needling treatment, but its physiology is not yet understood.
Nociceptors, one of the responders in acupoints, are responsible for acupuncture …

Acupuncture and chronic musculoskeletal pain

YJ Zhang, C Wang - Current rheumatology reports, 2020 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review Chronic musculoskeletal pain (CMP) attributable to conditions
such as osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, fibromyalgia, and chronic low back pain is the …