Complementary and alternative therapy: No benefit from acupuncture for chronic knee pain

Nature Reviews Rheumatology 10, 636 (2014). doi:10.1038/nrrheum.2014.178 In a study in patients aged ≥50 years with moderate or severe chronic knee pain, neither laser acupuncture nor needle acupuncture was effective for improving pain or function. The trial allocated 282 community volunteers to treatment with needle acupuncture (n = 70), laser
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