[PDF] Top 20 Health related quality of life in a trial of acupuncture, sham acupuncture and conventional treatment for chronic sinusitis

... Background: Acupuncture is commonly used to treat chronic sinusitis, though there is little documentation on the ...the health-related quality of life (HRQoL) outcomes in ... See full document

... wrong acupuncture treatment (verum acupuncture instead of sham acupuncture for 3 patients), median number of needles more or fewer than the permitted 10–25 nee- dles per session, ... See full document

... direction related pain for each of the six ...motion related pain, and global complaints on a seven point scale one week and three months after ...(motion related pain, global complaints) change ... See full document

... common health problems (1) ...not related to another medical condition, and lasts for at least 15 days per month for a minimum of 3 months, it is called “chronic daily headache” ...daily life ... See full document

... Background: Chronic non-specific low back pain is the most common medical problem for which patients seek complementary and alternative medical treatment, including bee venom ...venom acupuncture is ... See full document

... cancer related lymphedema (BCRL) is a distressing problem afflicting around 20% of women who underwent breast cancer treatment, and is characterized by the chronic swelling of one or both upper ... See full document

... weeks). Acupuncture was performed by a registered physical therapist educated in theoretical and practical acupuncture ...skills. Acupuncture points and electrical stimulation were the same for all ... See full document

... with chronic pain, but there is a lack of evidence on the cost–benefit relationship of this treatment ...additional acupuncture treat- ment in patients with chronic neck pain compared to ... See full document

... This trial is designed as a multi-center, randomized, double-blind, parallel-group controlled ...verum acupuncture plus as-needed salbutamol aerosol and/or prednisone tablets group or a sham ... See full document

... this trial, we aim to clarify the efficacy and safety of acupuncture for treating ...of acupuncture during the 8 weeks of treatment; additionally, the mean value may provide more sufficient ... See full document

... inconclusive, acupuncture is used as an alternative therapy for ...this trial is to determine the efficacy of electro-acupuncture and manual acupuncture versus sham acupuncture ... See full document

... Stress related illness can be defined as any illness whose root cause can be attributed to chronic excessive release of stress-related ...as chronic fatigue syndrome, fibromyalgia, and even ... See full document

... Dr. Endres's travel expenses were reimbursed by the Scientific Center of the German Society of Acupuncture Physicians (Deutsche Ärztegesellschaft für Akupunktur, DÄGfA). Prof. Diener received honoraria for his ... See full document

... and acupuncture are a part of naturopathy based drugless systems of medicine and are commonly used by naturopathy physicians as a treatment of choice in Chronic rhinosinusitis ...and ... See full document

... Real acupuncture A pre-defined, individualized acu- puncture prescription in accordance with the characteris- tics of pain was ...flexible treatment protocol by selecting a group of points that were ... See full document

... randomized sham-controlled trial has been approved by the ethics committees at each of the nine participating ...administering sham treatments in acupunc- ture trials. The nature of ... See full document

... This trial meets the methodological demand of adequate randomization and allocation concealment, blinding of patients, outcome assessors, and ...administering sham treatments among acupuncture trials ... See full document

... of acupuncture treatment for different ...while acupuncture treatment for stroke should focus on regulating the whole body and under the guideline of TCM ...syndromes, acupuncture ... See full document

... Randomized-controlled trial. Methods: Thirty-four volunteers from an acupuncture school with complaints of chronic pain and stiffness, who had no arm symptoms and gave informed consent, were randomly ... See full document

... active acupuncture group and sham acupuncture (superficial non-acupoint acupuncture) ...of acupuncture over 2 ...All acupuncture treatment sessions will be performed by ... See full document