Recently added articles from Acupuncture in Medicine:
Investigating the safety of electroacupuncture with a Picoscope[TM].(Papers)
Jul 01, 2008; Thompson, John W. ... Abstract Our wish to know more about the paths taken by electrical currents in electroacupuncture (EA) with special reference to the heart, particularly in patients with an implanted pacemaker, prompted us to undertake this study. Using ourselves as subjects, we have developed a ...
Electroacupuncture parameters and [beta]-endorphin revisited.(Letter)
Jul 01, 2008; Mayor, David F. ... Editor--The randomised controlled study on acupuncture (concurrent manual and electroacupuncture) for osteoarthritis (OA) of the knee in the June 2008 issue of Acupuncture in Medicine (1) is most interesting and carefully presented. However, the electroacupuncture (EA) parameters employed ...
Ted Redfearn: (1928-2007).(Obituaries)(Obituary)
Jul 01, 2008; Pardoe, Ian ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Two doctors have made a dramatic impact on my life. The first was a surgeon who recently removed a large tumour from near to my brain stem (offering some explanation for the late publication of this obituary), and the second was Dr Ted Redfearn. ...
Pudendal nerve electroacupuncture for lumbar spinal canal stenosis--a case series.(Papers)(Clinical report)
Jul 01, 2008; Inoue, Motohiro ... Abstract Objective To investigate the effectiveness of pudendal nerve electroacupuncture for lumbar and lower limb symptoms in patients with lumbar spinal canal stenosis for whom acupuncture of the lumbar and lower limb muscles had been ineffective. Methods Nine ...
The effect of electrical stimulation of the pudendal nerve on sciatic nerve blood flow in animals.(Papers)(Clinical report)
Jul 01, 2008; Inoue, Motohiro ... Abstract Objective To investigate the mechanism of the clinical effect of electroacupuncture of the pudendal nerve on the lumbar and lower limb symptoms caused by lumbar spinal canal stenosis, we studied changes in sciatic nerve blood flow during electrical stimulation of the ...
Effects of manual acupuncture with sparrow pecking on muscle blood flow of normal and denervated hindlimb in rats.(Papers)(Clinical report)
Jul 01, 2008; Shinbara, Hisashi ... Abstract Introduction In clinical practice, it has been thought that acupuncture might serve to wash out pain-generating metabolic end-products by improving blood circulation in muscles. We investigated the effects of manual acupuncture (MA) on muscle blood flow (MBF) of normal ...
Magnets applied to acupuncture points as therapy--a literature review.(Papers)(Clinical report)
Jul 01, 2008; Colbert, Agatha P. ... Abstract Objectives To summarise the acu-magnet therapy literature and determine if the evidence justifies further investigation of acu-magnet therapy for specific clinical indications. Methods Using various search strategies, a professional librarian searched six ...
Effects of minimal acupuncture in children with infantile colic--a prospective, quasi-randomised single blind controlled trial.(Papers)(Clinical report)
Jul 01, 2008; Reinthal, Marianne ... Abstract Background Colic causes crying in 10-30% of infants and is one of the primary reasons parents seek health care. Treatments are generally not totally effective and some cause side effects. In this study we aimed to test the effect of light needling (minimal acupuncture) ...
Setting up an acupuncture knee clinic under Practice Based Commissioning.(Education, practice and debate)
Jul 01, 2008; Freedman, Jonathan ... Abstract This paper outlines the setting up of a new service in primary care offering acupuncture to patients with severe osteoarthritis of the knee. The high volume clinic is funded under the Practice Based Commissioning initiative and is the first of its type in the UK. It ...
Acupuncture for back pain, knee pain and insomnia in transverse myelitis--a case report.(Case reports)(Case study)
Jul 01, 2008; Vaghela, Sonia A. ... Abstract This case report describes the use of acupuncture for back pain, knee pain and insomnia in a 49 year old woman with a recent diagnosis of transverse myelitis with paraplegia, sensory disturbance, and bladder and bowel dysfunction. She was receiving intensive in-patient ...
Acupuncture induced pneumothorax--a case report.(Case reports)(Case study)
Jul 01, 2008; Juss, Jatinder K. ... Abstract We report a significant complication of acupuncture in a 50 year old woman who developed a pneumothorax shortly after receiving acupuncture needling to her scapulothoracic region in a lateral oblique direction. As acupuncture is increasingly being used in pain ...
