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They consisted of one observational study on acupuncture side effects, and four randomized controlled trials (RCTs) investigating acupuncture treatment for low back pain, knee osteoarthritis, migraine prophylaxis, and tension-type headache. The trials are considered to be one of the largest clinical studies in the field of acupuncture.
While acupuncture leads to improvements in pain relief, this improvement is small and may be of questionable importance. [170] Waiting list–controlled trials for peripheral joint osteoarthritis do show clinically relevant benefits, but these may be due to placebo effects. [171] [172] Acupuncture does not seem to produce long-term benefits. [173]
Active and inactive μ-opioid receptors [1] Image of visual pain. Pain management is an aspect of medicine and health care involving relief of pain (pain relief, analgesia, pain control) in various dimensions, from acute and simple to chronic and challenging.
Hip avascular necrosis, cell death of bone tissue in the hip joint brought on by vascular occlusion or coagulation which is the result of old age, alcoholism, trauma, decompression sickness, or several other possible causes; the treatment is often total hip replacement; Occult hip fracture, a fine crack somewhere in the hip socket, common in ...
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Tension myositis syndrome (TMS), also known as tension myoneural syndrome or mindbody syndrome, is a name given by John E. Sarno to what he claimed was a condition of psychogenic musculoskeletal and nerve symptoms, most notably back pain.
Recent evidence suggests that acupuncture can help relieve the pain caused by sciatica, a common condition in which the sciatic nerve becomes compressed. Acupuncture can help relieve sciatica pain ...
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