General paediatric research: Abstract summaries and commentaries

Summaries and commentaries by Adrian White on a selection of recent acupuncture research studies

Pfi ster DG, Cassileth BR, Deng GE, ▶ et al. Acupuncture for pain and dysfunction after neck dissection: results of a randomized controlled trial. J Clin Oncol 2010; Apr 20. [Epub ahead of print] A pragmatic randomised controlled trial of 58 patients with cancer undergoing neck dissection for lymph node involvement. The main aim was to determine reduction in pain and dysfunction, the secondary...

Summaries and commentaries by editor Adrian White on a selection of recent acupuncture research articles

c Borup L, Wurlitzer W, Hedegaard M, et al. Acupuncture as pain relief during delivery: a randomized controlled trial. Birth 2009;36:5–12. This study from Aarhus in Denmark, included 607 healthy women with normal singleton pregnancy. They were randomly allocated to acupuncture with transcutaneous electric nerve stimulation (TENS) and traditional analgesics, at a ratio of 2:1:1. The analgesics t...

Summaries and commentaries by Adrian White on a selection of recent acupuncture research articles

c Smith CA, Crowther CA, Collins CT, et al. Acupuncture to induce labor: a randomized controlled trial. Obstet Gynecol 2008;112:1067–74. Acupuncture has long had the reputation for inducing labour — particularly when the uterus is prepared at term — and some unblinded studies had suggested there may be an effect. The proposed mechanisms of action would include release of oxytocin and alteration...

Summaries and commentaries by editor Adrian White on a selection of recent acupuncture research studies

c Foster NE, Thomas E, Hill JC, et al. The relationship between patient and practitioner expectations and preferences, and clinical outcomes in a trial of exercise and acupuncture for knee osteoarthritis. Eur J Pain 2009 Epub Aug 6. This paper is an analysis of further data from an earlier RCT (n = 352). The study itself found that the effect of advice and exercise on knee pain and function in ...

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