[PDF] Top 20 Efficacy of acupuncture for chronic knee pain: protocol for a randomised controlled trial using a Zelen design

... with chronic knee pain have been recruited from metropolitan Melbourne and regional Victoria, ...covertly randomised into one of four treatment ...laser acupuncture, ii) sham laser or, ... See full document

... Acupuncture is a complex intervention that is different from drugs. If the acupoints in the study were changed, then the efficacy of the acupuncture would be altered. For this reason, we do not use ... See full document

... in the practical clinical scenario combinations of analgesic drugs are usually required to achieve partial relief of pain. Although there is an increasingly large number of trials that compare various analgesics ... See full document

... [8]. Acupuncture, one of the most popular CAM interven- tions, showed some favourable effects over artificial tears for dry eye when administered alone [9,10] or con- comitantly [11,12] with artificial tears in ... See full document

... that preclude them from further increases, up to a maximum dose of nine capsules (2700 mg), as shown in table 1. The titration phase will last a maximum of 4 weeks. If necessary they will be advised to titrate down to ... See full document

... ATEAM trial [13], which offered either 6 or 24 lessons and ...a protocol that was used in the re- cent ATEAM back pain trial [13] and on further con- sultation with ... See full document

... parallel-group, randomised controlled trial of Maastricht University Medical Centre+, the ...criteria: knee pain of four to seven on a 10-point pain rating scale; a ... See full document

... sham-controlled trial was ...traditional acupuncture group (group A), a shallow-puncture group (group B), a non-acupoint acupuncture group (group C), a non-acupoint shallow-puncture group ... See full document

... This trial shows that pain scores on the day after TKA are the same in patients who have had a femoral nerve block and those who have had periarticular infiltration of local ...per protocol analysis ... See full document

... multi-centre, randomised, con- trolled, 3-armed clinical trial conceived as parallel-group design with blinded observation of the primary endpoint via telephone ...The trial was designed by a ... See full document

... single-centre randomised controlled trial (RCT) will assess the effectiveness of a combined Exercise and ACT programme, in comparison to supervised exercise for chronic ...a chronic ... See full document

... and Design: A total of 640 participants (160 in each of four arms) between the ages of 18 and 70 years of age who have low back pain lasting at least 3 months will be recruited from integrated health care ... See full document

... The main objective of our study is to answer the question whether it is more (cost) effective to refer for specialised PFMT or for TVT(O) surgery after the standard initial instruction and training given by the GP has ... See full document

... from chronic thoracic ...clinical trial is to explore the effectiveness of osteopathic treatment on these ...a randomised controlled trial with two parallel ...life, pain, ... See full document

... are pain and function subscales of the FHSQ, pain and stiffness at the first MPJ, range of motion (dorsiflexion) of the first MPJ, plantar flexion strength of muscles of the first MPJ, generic health ... See full document

... Clinical Trial Centre at the University of Sydney is ...first acupuncture session, the treating acupuncturist dials a toll-free number and enters the identification codes of the trial, the ... See full document

... all efficacy and safety variables will be sum- marized using descriptive statistics and graphs as appro- ...primary efficacy vari- able, the change from baseline in ACT total score to the end of ... See full document

... as acupuncture, should be considered and scientifically evaluated ...[11]. Acupuncture, which is one of the main treatment moda- lities of traditional Chinese medicine, has been used for both the prevention ... See full document

... of efficacy, or only temporary effect, this procedure may be repeated after a period of 3 weeks up to 3 months After the injection the GP will fax us a form with details of the injection given, ...was pain ... See full document

... a chronic joint disorder caused by degenerative disease in the knee ...mon chronic, progressive, and degenerative joint disease in the population aged 40 and ...studies, acupuncture has a good ... See full document