Tag: Acupuncture

Benefits seen for reducing PTSD symptom severity and enhancing fear extinction

Cumulative incidence of ischemic stroke was lower among patients receiving acupuncture versus no acupuncture

Significant increases seen across seven modalities for pain management

Significant benefits seen at both week 6 and six months

However, differences between acupuncture and sham acupuncture, wait-list control did not meet threshold for minimal clinically important difference

Reduction seen in pain, nausea, stress, and anxiety, as well as incidence of atrial fibrillation

Combination seems more effective than either treatment alone

Improvement seen in severe pain, anxiety for treatment groups receiving preoperative touch/relaxation with or without intraoperative acupuncture

However, improvements not significantly better than those seen with sham acupuncture

Systematic review finds acupressure better than acupuncture or electroacupuncture