Evidence-based studies and clinical research on acupuncture efficacy
High-quality evidence from systematic reviews and clinical practice guidelines supports the use of acupuncture, acupress…
Both acupuncture and dry needling demonstrated effectiveness in reducing pain, anxiety, depression, fatigue, and sleep d…
Combined electroacupuncture and electro-scalp acupuncture significantly reduced pain (VAS score from 75.4 to 64.3mm, P=0…
Acceptance and commitment therapy for general chronic pain, and fluoxetine with web-based psychotherapy for fibromyalgia…
In a naturopathic teaching clinic, fibromyalgia patients most commonly received vitamin D (57%), magnesium (54%), omega-…
Acupuncture demonstrated statistically significant improvements across all outcome measures in ankylosing spondylitis pa…
Acupuncture significantly reduced pain in fibromyalgia patients both immediately after treatment and long-term, with mod…
Fibromyalgia patients demonstrate reduced vagal tone measured by low heart rate variability, suggesting the vagus nerve'…
Both acupuncture and core stability physiotherapy showed similar but non-statistically significant improvements in quali…
Acupuncture shows promise as an adjunctive treatment for fibromyalgia with improvements in pain, sleep quality, and qual…
Acupuncture combined with Chinese medicine significantly reduced cancer pain intensity and improved quality of life comp…
Pharmacological agents including pregabalin, duloxetine, and α-lipoic acid demonstrated the most consistent efficacy for…
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