Acupuncture for chronic pain Journal Article
| Authors: | Vickers, A. J.; Linde, K. |
| Article Title: | Acupuncture for chronic pain |
| Abstract: | CLINICAL QUESTION: Is acupuncture associated with reduced pain outcomes for patients with chronic pain compared with sham-acupuncture (placebo) or no-acupuncture control? BOTTOM LINE: Acupuncture is associated with improved pain outcomes compared with sham-acupuncture and no-acupuncture control, with response rates of approximately 30% for no acupuncture, 42.5%for sham acupuncture, and 50% for acupuncture. Copyright 2014 American Medical Association. All rights reserved. |
| Keywords: | treatment response; comparative study; backache; systematic review; scoring system; short survey; osteoarthritis; clinical effectiveness; acupuncture; chronic pain; headache; pain assessment; meta analysis; neck pain; randomized controlled trial (topic); clinical trial (topic); acupuncture therapy; musculoskeletal pain; shoulder pain; humans; human; priority journal |
| Journal Title: | JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association |
| Volume: | 311 |
| Issue: | 9 |
| ISSN: | 0098-7484 |
| Publisher: | American Medical Association |
| Date Published: | 2014-03-01 |
| Start Page: | 955 |
| End Page: | 956 |
| Language: | English |
| DOI: | 10.1001/jama.2013.285478 |
| PUBMED: | 24595780 |
| PROVIDER: | scopus |
| PMCID: | PMC4036643 |
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| Notes: | Export Date: 1 August 2014 -- CODEN: JAMAA -- Source: Scopus |
