The intent of this focused clinical review is to assess the current literature on a variety of complementary and alternative medicine treatments for osteoarthritis. This review assesses acupuncture techniques, moxibustion, transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation, low-level laser therapy, and massage. These treatment methods are growing in popularity among the general public. It is important...

To evaluate immediate effects of two different modes of acupuncture on motion-related pain and cervical spine mobility in chronic neck pain patients compared to a sham procedure. Thirty-six patients with chronic neck pain and limited cervical spine mobility participated in a prospective, randomized, double-blind, sham-controlled crossover trial. Every patient was treated once with needle acupun...

PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to evaluate conventional acupuncture therapy in the management of clinical outcomes for temporomandibular disorders (TMD) in adults. METHODS The electronic databases PubMed, EMBASE, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, and Clinical Trails.gov were searched for reports published until March 31, 2016. RESULTS Nine eligible studies from 8 public...

The burden of post COVID rehabilitation is and will be a strong concern for healthcare stakeholders. Traditional Chinese Medicine suggesting the application acupuncture as dependable tool to inserted in project. Libralux, an ultra-low-level-laser stimulator has proven its effectiveness stimulator. In this paper we report respiratory cycle modifications obtained through stimulation with Libralux...

419 The currently popular classification of acupuncture as “energy medicine” is explored historically and examined critically in this Guest Editorial. Evaluated against the conceptual systems, diagnostic frameworks, and treatment techniques of Oriental Medicine, classifying acupuncture as energy medicine is found to be much too restrictive. Classical acupuncture is more accurately described as ...