Confusion on acupuncture benefit
A major review of the effectiveness of acupuncture has concluded that it is hard to find a difference between “true” and “sham” versions.
The research comes just a week after a similar review suggested that both could prevent headache.
It looked at trials involving 3,000 patients with arthritis, migraine, low back pain and post-operative pain.
The results questioned the “traditional foundation” of acupuncture, the British Medical Journal study concluded.
The value of acupuncture remains highly controversial, with conflicting results from many studies.
Much of the argument surrounds the status of “sham” acupuncture, which is frequently used in trials against traditional acupuncture.
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on Jan 29th, 2009 and is filed under General Health.
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