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Acupuncture Effectiveness Upon Chronic Pain

MacPherson, H., Vertosick, S.E., Forster, N.E., Lewith, G., Linde, K., Sherman, K.J., Witt, C.M., Vickers, A.J., ‘The persistence of the effects of acupuncture after a course of treatment: a meta-analysis of patients with chronic pain’ Pain MacPherson, H., Vickers, A.J., Bland, M., Torgerson, D., Corbett, M., Spackman, E., Saramago P, Woods B, Weatherly H, Sculpher M, Manca A, Richmond S, Hopton A, Eldred J, Watt I. (2017) ‘Acupuncture for chronic pain and depression in primary care: a programme of research.’ NIHR Journals Library Vickers, A.J., Alexandra C. Maschino, BS; George Lewith, MD; Hugh MacPherson, PhD; Nadine E. Foster, DPhil; Karen J. Sherman, PhD; Claudia M. Witt, MD; Klaus Linde, MD; (2012) ‘Acupuncture for Chronic Pain: Individual Patient data Meta-analysis’ JAMA Internal Medicine

Acupuncture Explanatory

Dhond, R.P., Yeh, C., Park, K., Kettner, N., Napadow, V. (2008) ‘Acupuncture modulates resting state connectivity in default and sensorimotor brain networks’ Pain doi:10.1016/j.pain.2008.01.011 Huang et al. (2012) ‘Characterizing Acupuncture stimuli using Brain imaging with fMRI – A systematic review and meta-analysis of the literature’ PLoS One Hui, K.K., Napadow, V., Liu, J., Li, M., Marina, O., Nixon, E.E., Claunch, J.D., LaCount, L., Sporko, T., Kwong, K.K. (2011) ‘Monitoring acupuncture effects on human brain by FMRI’, Journal of Visualized Experiments, 38.Napadow, V. (various) – a treasure trove of explanatory work focussing upon fMRI studies in acupuncture Nierhaus et al. (2015) ’Differential cerebral response to somatosensory stimulation of an acupuncture point vs. two non-acupuncture points measured with EEG and fMRI’Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Acupuncture Safety

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Clarkson, C.E., O’Mahony, D., Jones, D.E. (2015) “Adverse event reporting in studies of penetrating acupuncture during pregnancy: a systematic review’ Acta Obstetica Gynecoligica Scandinavia 94 (5)Carr, D (2015) “The safety of Obstetric Acupuncture: forbidden points revisited” Acupuncture in medicine White, A. (2006) ‘The Safety of Acupuncture – evidence from the UK’ Acupuncture in Medicine Witt, C.M., Pach, D., Brinkhaus, B., Wruck, K., Tag, B., Man, S., Willich, S.N. (2009) ‘Safety of Acupuncture: Results of a Prospective Observational Study with 229,230 Patients and Introduction of a Medical Information and Consent Form’ Forsch Komplementmed

Autonomic Nervous System

Bantel, C. and Trapp, S. (2011) ‘The role of the autonomic nervous system in acute surgical pain processing – what do we know?’Anaesthesia Van Middendorp, H. et al. (2013) ‘The Impact of Emotion-Related Autonomic Nervous System Responsiveness on Pain Sensitivity in Female Patients With Fibromyalgia’ Psychosomatic Medicine

Back Pain

Brinkhaus, B. et al (2005)’Acupuncture in Patients With Chronic Low Back Pain: A Randomized Controlled Trial’Cherkin, D et al. (2009) ‘A Randomized Trial Comparing Acupuncture, Simulated Acupuncture, and Usual Care for Chronic Low Back Pain’ JAMA Haake, M. et al. (2007) ‘German Acupuncture Trials (Gerac) For Chronic Low Back Pain Randomized, Multicenter, Blinded, Parallel-Group Trial With 3 Groups’Liu, L et al (2015) ‘Acupuncture for Low Back Pain: An Overview of Systematic Reviews‘Thomas, K.T. et al (2006) ‘Randomised controlled trial of a short course of traditional acupuncture compared with usual care for persistent non-specific low back pain’ British Medical Journal Witt, C.M et al (2006) ‘Pragmatic Randomized Trial Evaluating the Clinical and Economic Effectiveness of Acupuncture for Chronic Low Back Pain’Yuan et al. (2008) ‘Effectiveness of acupuncture for Low Back Pain’ SPINE

Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness

Cardoso, R. et al ‘Effect of Acupuncture on delayed onset muscle soreness: series of case studies.’Itoh, K., Ochi, H., and Kitakoji, K. (2008) ‘Effects of tender point acupuncture on delayed onset muscle soreness (DOMS) – a pragmatic trial’Fleckenstein, J. et al (2016) ‘No Effect of Acupuncture in the Relief of Delayed-Onset Muscle Soreness: Results of a Randomized Controlled Trial’

Electroacupuncture

Bishop, Zaman and Lewith (2011)’Manual and electrical stimulation in acupuncture research: Pitfalls and Challenges of Heterogeneity’ Journal of complementary and alternative medicine Stener-Victorin et al. (2009) ‘Low-frequency electroacupuncture and physical exercise decrease high muscle sympathetic nerve activity in polycystic ovary syndrome’

Feasibility and Pilot Study Guidance

Eldridge et al (2016) ‘Defining Feasibility and Pilot Studies in Preparation for Randomised Controlled Trials: Development of a Conceptual Framework’ PLOSone Eldridge et al (2016) ‘CONSORT 2010 statement: extension to randomised pilot and feasibility trials’ BMJ NIHR, (2016) ‘Guide to Feasibility and pilot studies:a guide for NIHR Research Design Services’

General Pain Physiology

Anon (accessed 2017) ‘Ascending Sensory Pathways’ Chapter 10. Blackwell Publishing Harris et al (2009)’Elevated Insular Glutamate in Fibromyalgia Is Associated With Experimental Pain’ Arthritis & Rheumatism Labuz, D., Celik, M.O., Zimmer, A., and Machelska (2016) ‘Distinct roles of exogenous opioid agonists and endogenous opioid peptides in the peripheral control of neuropathy-triggered heat pain’ Scientific Reports Schaible, H.G. (2006) ‘Peripheral and Central Mechanisms of Pain Generation’ HEP 177. p.3-28 Sapolsky, R.(2017) ‘The biology of our best and worst selves’ TED talks Sapolsky, R. (2011) ‘Introduction to Human Behavioural Biology’Sapolsky. R. (2011) ‘Limbic System’

Hot Flushes

Lesi, G. et al (2016) ‘Acupuncture As an Integrative Approach for the Treatment of Hot Flashes in Women With Breast Cancer: A Prospective Multicenter Randomized Controlled Trial (AcCliMaT)’

Meridians and Acupoints

Ahn, A.C. et al. (2010) ‘Electrical Impedance of Acupuncture Meridians: The Relevance of Subcutaneous Collagenous Bands’, Plos One, 5 (7)Langevin, H., Yandow, J.A. (2002) ‘Relationship of acupuncture points and meridians to connective tissue planes’ The Anatomical Record MacPherson, H. et al. (2016) ‘Unanticipated Insights into Biomedicine from the Study of Acupuncture’ Journal of Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Nausea and Vomiting

Gan et al. (2014) ‘Consensus Guidelines for the Management of Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting’Lee,A. Chan,S.K. Fan (2015) ‘Stimulation of the wrist acupuncture point PC6 for preventing postoperative nausea and vomiting’Matthews, A. et al. (2014) ‘Interventions for nausea and vomiting in early pregnancy (Review)’McKeown, C. et al (2014) Acupuncture and Acupressure for Chemotherapy-Induced Nausea and Vomiting: A Systematic Review’Rahman, M.H., Beattie, J. (2008) ‘Post-operative nausea and vomiting’

Overactive Bladder

Emmons and Otto (2005) ‘Acupuncture for Overactive Bladder: A Randomized Controlled Trial’Oliveria et al. (2016) ‘Nonantimuscarinic treatment for overactive bladder: a systematic review’Forde JC, Jaffe E, Stone BV, Te AE, Espinosa G, Chughtai B. The role of acupuncture in managing overactive bladder; a review of the literature. International Urogynecology Journal. 2016; 27(11):1645-51

Placebo

Benedetti, F. (2013) ‘Placebo and the New Physiology of the Doctor-Patient Relationship’ Physiological Reviews Dhond, R.P., Kettner, N. and Napadow, V. (2007) ‘Do the neural correlates of acupuncture and placebo effects differ?’ Pain 128 (1-2)Finniss et al (2010) ‘Placebo Effects: Biological, Clinical and Ethical Advances’ Lancet Kaptchuk, T. (2001) ‘The double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial: Gold standard or golden calf?’Kaptchuk, T. et al. (2006) ‘ Sham device v inert pill: randomised controlled trial of two placebo treatments’ British Medical Journal Kaptchuk, T. et al. (2008) ‘Components of placebo effect: randomised controlled trial in patients with irritable bowel syndrome’ British Medical Journal Lundeberg, T., Lund, I., Sing, A. and Naslund, J. (2011) Is Placebo Acupuncture What it is intended to be? Evidence – Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine Lund, I., & Lundeberg, T (2006) ‘Are minimal, superficial or sham acupuncture procedures acceptable as inert placebo controls?’ Acupuncture in Medicine Madsen, M.V. et al. (2009) ‘Acupuncture treatment for pain: systematic review of randomised clinical trials with acupuncture, placebo acupuncture, and no acupuncture groups’ British Medical Journal Petrovic, P. et al., (2002) ’Placebo and Opioid Analgesia– Imaging a Shared Neuronal Network’ Science Wagner, T.D. et al.(2004) ‘Placebo-induced changes in fMRI in the anticipation and experience of pain’ Science

Shoulder Pain

Lewis, J., Sim, J. and Barlas, P. (2017) ‘ Acupuncture and electro-acupuncture for people diagnosed with subacromial pain syndrome: A multicentre randomized trial’ European Journal of Pain

Sporting Performance

Akimoto, T et al (2003) ‘Acupuncture and Responses of Immunologic and Endocrine Markers during Competition’Hu¨bscher, M. et al. (2010) ‘Immediate effects of acupuncture on strength performance:a randomized, controlled crossover trial’Karvelas, B (1996) ‘Acute effects of acupuncture on physiological and psychological responses to cycle ergometry’Lin, Z. et al. (2009) ‘Effects of Acupuncture Stimulation on Recovery Ability of Male Elite Basketball Athletes’Usichenko, T et al (2011) ‘Goal-Directed Acupuncture in Sports—Placebo or Doping?’Millar, Murrell and McInnes (2017) ‘Inflammatory mechanisms in tendinopathy – towards translation’Rio et al (2013) ‘The Pain of Tendinopathy: Physiological or Pathophysiological?’

Taping and Strapping

Barton et al., (2013) ‘Patellar taping for patellofemoral pain: a systematic review and meta-analysis to evaluate clinical outcomes and biomechanical mechanisms’Halim-Kertanegara et al. (2017) ‘The effect of ankle taping on functional performance in participantswith functional ankle instability’Hinman et al., (2002) ‘Efficacy of knee tape in the management of osteoarthritis of the knee: blinded randomised controlled trial’Jeffriess et al., (2015) ‘Effects of Preventative Ankle Taping on Planned Change-of-Direction and Reactive Agility Performance and Ankle Muscle Activity in Basketballers’Lan et al., (2010) ‘Immediate Effect and Predictors of Effectiveness of Taping for Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome’ Abstract Paris et al., (1995) ‘Ankle Ranges of Motion During Extended Activity Periods While Taped and Braced’Raymond et al (2012) ‘The effect of ankle taping or bracing on proprioception in functional ankleinstability: A systematic review and meta-analysis’

Vulvodynia

Curran, S. et al (2010) ‘The ACTIV Study: Acupuncture Treatment in Provoked Vestibulodyniajsm’Schlaeger et al (2015) ‘Acupuncture for the treatment of vulvodynia: A randomized wait-list controlled pilot study’

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