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Summaries and Commentaries by Editor Adrian White on a Selection of Recent Acupuncture Research Articles

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Summaries and Commentaries by Editor Adrian White on a Selection of Recent Acupuncture Research Articles

Acupuncture in Medicine , Volume 27 (2): 4 – Jun 1, 2009
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© 2009 British Medical Acupuncutre Society
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0964-5284
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1759-9873
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10.1136/aim.2009.000901
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Research shorts Summaries and commentaries by editor Adrian White on a selection of recent acupuncture research articles the sham device would be greater than the expectation of the effects Clinical studies of the placebo pill. Acupuncture for labour pain So the authors explored this question, as well as to what extent c Borup L, Wurlitzer W, Hedegaard M, et al. Acupuncture as pain relief during delivery: a psychological other factors such as depression, anxiety and belief in randomized controlled trial. Birth 2009;36:5–12. alternative medicine impact placebo response and differential This study from Aarhus in Denmark, included 607 healthy women responses to separate placebo interventions. with normal singleton pregnancy. They were randomly allocated to The data actually showed that none of these psychological factors acupuncture with transcutaneous electric nerve stimulation (TENS) were associated with pain levels at the end of treatment. The only and traditional analgesics, at a ratio of 2:1:1. The analgesics that are characteristics that predicted a smaller effect were higher baseline ‘‘traditional’’ for Denmark were a choice of sterile water papules, pain score and pain for longer than 1 year’s duration. In the sham nitrous oxide, warm tub bath, pethidine, and epidural analgesia. For acupuncture arm (only)

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Published: Jun 1, 2009

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