Acupuncture for chronic pain.

Authors
Category Primary study
JournalJAMA
Year 2014
CLINICAL QUESTION: Is acupuncture associated with reduced pain outcomes for patients with chronic pain compared with sham-acupuncture (placebo) or no-acupuncture control? BOTTOM LINE: Acupuncture is associated with improved pain outcomes compared with sham-acupuncture and no-acupuncture control, with response rates of approximately 30% for no acupuncture, 42.5% for sham acupuncture, and 50% for acupuncture.
Epistemonikos ID: 5d31dc69953bfe336a917a06cfcbfc13d2bae591
First added on: Jun 05, 2020