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Acupuncture and Pain Management
There is a large and expanding body of scientific evidence supporting the use of acupuncture in pain management. In the last decade, our understanding of how the brain processes acupuncture analgesia has undergone considerable development. Profound studies on neural mechanisms underlying acupuncture analgesia have evolved rapidly and predominately focus on cellular and molecular substrate and f...
متن کاملAcupuncture and chronic pain management.
INTRODUCTION Although acupuncture has been widely used to treat a variety of pain conditions, convincing scientific evidence for its efficacy is lacking. Earlier randomised controlled trials attempted to follow a double-blind, placebo-controlled model. This approach has encountered many problems such as the virtual impossibility of blinding the acupuncturist and the uncertainties inherent in ch...
متن کاملThe Role of Acupuncture in Pain Management.
Acupuncture is a traditional Chinese practice of medicine that has gained popularity in Western culture and around the world. It involves the insertion of thin needles into the skin to stimulate nerves, muscles, and connective tissues throughout the body with the goal of alleviating pain, tension, and stress. More broadly, acupuncture is actually a family of different procedures. Conceptually, ...
متن کاملThe role of acupuncture in pain management
Acupuncture has been used as a therapeutic modality for more than 3000 years, but it is only since the 1970s that a greater understanding of the underlying mechanisms of acupuncture analgesia (AA) has developed. This growth in understanding of AA has paralleled the scientific advances made in uncovering the physiology of pain perception. Similar to many ancient healing traditions, acupuncture h...
متن کاملThe Role of Acupuncture in Pain Management
Acupuncture is one of the most significant components of the healthcare system in China for more than 3,000 years. Over the last a few decades, acupuncture has garnered increasing popularity and scrutiny in Western nations. It was reported that office visits for alternative therapy were two times as many as the visits to primary care physicians in a nationwide survey in 1998. The total out-of-p...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Continuing Education in Anaesthesia Critical Care & Pain
سال: 2007
ISSN: 1743-1816
DOI: 10.1093/bjaceaccp/mkm021