Basic science: (JUNE 2008)

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Objective To evaluate the effect of acupuncture on rehabilitation of motor function, reduction in lymphoedema and improvement in perceived heaviness and tightness in the arms of women who had undergone breast cancer surgery. Subjects and Methods Twenty nine women who had had mastectomy or segmentectomy with axillary dissection, presenting with lymphoedema and/or a decrease in movement amplitude...

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Objectives To compare the effect of acupuncture (manual and electroacupuncture) with that of a nonpenetrating sham (‘placebo’ needle) in patients with osteoarthritic knee pain and disability who are blind to the treatment allocation. Methods Acupuncture naïve patients with symptomatic and radiological evidence of osteoarthritis of the knee were randomly allocated to a course of either acupunctu...

Newsletter 33 June 2008

President's Address The visibility of EUROMECH as the leading society for European scholars engaged in basic research in the Mechanical Sciences has been enhanced by establishing two types of awards: The EUROMECH Fluid and Solid Mechanics Prizes and EUROMECH Fellowships. We are very grateful to colleagues who took the initiative in preparing nomination files for Fluid Mechanics Prizes and Fello...

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