Acupuncture: Clinical studies on efficacy and effectiveness in patients with

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Ted Kaptchuk wrote an article about a year ago critisizing the sham

protocol as inappropriate, does anyone have this or have a link?

Regards, Tymothy

 

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> Witt CM, Brinkhaus B, Willich SN. [Acupuncture. Clinical studies on

> efficacy and effectiveness in patients with chronic pain.][Article in

> German] Bundesgesundheitsblatt Gesundheitsforschung

> Gesundheitsschutz. 2006 Aug;49(8):736-42. Institut fur Sozialmedizin,

> Epidemiologie und Gesundheitsokonomie, Charite - Universitatsmedizin

> Berlin, 10098, Berlin, BRD, claudia.witt In Germany,

> acupuncture is one of the most frequently used complementary and

> alternative therapies. In the year 2000, we initiated three large

projects

> in co-operation with statutory health insurance companies to assess the

> effectiveness, safety and costs of acupuncture in patients with chronic

> headache, low back pain and pain due to osteoarthritis. Our findings

> showed that acupuncture was more effective than conventional

> standard treatment, treatment without acupuncture or a waiting list

> control. A significant difference between acupuncture and sham

> acupuncture was only seen for arthritis of the knee; for the other

> diagnoses, both forms of acupuncture showed similar effects. Whether

> the effects of acupuncture are due primarily to specific or unspecific

> mechanisms appears to depend on the diagnosis and should be

> investigated in further studies. PMID: 16897149 [PubMed - in process]

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