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Acupuncture for gait disturbance of patients with subacute and chronic stroke: a systematic review and meta-analysis protocol
Introduction Hemiparetic gait is one of the most common sequelae of a stroke. Acupuncture has shown potential in correcting hemiplegic gait patterns and improving motor function recovery after stroke. However, controversial findings and a lack of supportive evidence on the effectiveness of acupuncture for post-stroke hemiplegia. The intelligent gait analysis system provides a new perspective for the study of hemiparetic gait. This systematic review aims to collect relevant studies and critically evaluate the efficacy and safety of acupuncture in alleviating gait disturbance of post-stroke hemiplegia based on quantified gai...
Source: BMJ Open - June 21, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: Sun, Z., Lin, Y.-r., Lu, M.-j., Huang, K.-y., Sun, K., Zhang, J.-b. Tags: Open access, Rehabilitation medicine Source Type: research

Efficacy and safety of acupuncture for hand osteoarthritis: study protocol for a multi-center, randomized, sham-controlled clinical trial
This study aims to clarify the efficacy and safety of acupuncture treatment for clinical symptomatic improvement of hand OA.METHODS: This will be a sham-controlled, randomized, multi-center clinical trial. A total of 340 participants will be recruited and randomly allocated to either traditional acupuncture group or sham acupuncture group. All participants will receive 12 treatment sessions over 4 weeks and 2 follow-up assessments in the following 3 months at week 8 and week 16. The primary outcome will be the proportion of responders at week 5. Secondary outcomes will include visual analog scale, Australian Canadian Osteo...
Source: Hand Surgery - February 7, 2023 Category: Surgery Authors: Weiming Wang Hangyu Shi Yan Liu Yuanjie Sun Yu Chen Zhishun Liu Source Type: research

Health professionals' attitudes towards acupuncture/acupressure for post-operative nausea and vomiting: a survey and implications for implementation
CONCLUSION: Hospital-based healthcare professionals strongly supported the evidence-based use of A/A for PONV despite considering the therapy to be non-mainstream and having limited A/A education or history of personal use, providing a positive context for an acupressure implementation study. Significant gaps in training and a desire to learn were identified.PMID:35579002 | DOI:10.1177/09645284221085282
Source: Acupuncture in Medicine - May 17, 2022 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: Zhen Zheng Wanda S Stelmach Jason Ma Juris Briedis Raphael Hau Mark Tacey Jeannette Atme Debra Bourne Julie Crabbe Catherine Fletcher Paul Howat Jenny Layton Charlie C Xue Source Type: research

Feasibility of self-administered acupressure for allergic rhinitis: a pilot randomized controlled trial and lessons learnt for future studies
CONCLUSION: Acupressure is feasible and appears to be safe for self-administration by AR sufferers. Experience from this pilot study has guided minor amendments to the protocol. A large-scale randomized controlled trial is warranted to further investigate the efficacy and safety of self-administered acupressure for the management of AR.PMID:34763534 | DOI:10.1177/09645284211055757
Source: Acupuncture in Medicine - November 12, 2021 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: Yaqun Liang George Binh Lenon Mingdi Li Angela Wei Hong Yang Source Type: research

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