2012. 9 월


세계적인 미국 의학협회 학술지  

Archives of Internal Medicine 등재 연구 논문


" Acupunchure for Chronic Pain "


결론 : 


17922명을 표본으로 

EBM 근거 최상위 메타 분석에서

침술이 만성 통증에 효과가 있으며

대조군의 가짜침보다 효과가 있다고 결론




• 논문 설명

http://www.kmwiki.net/xe/43273


• 논문 좌표

http://archinte.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=1357513


• 관련 뉴욕타임즈 기사

http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/09/11/acupuncture-provides-true-pain-relief-in-study/?ref=acupuncture



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Conclusions 


Acupuncture is effective for the treatment of chronic pain and is therefore a reasonable referral option. Significant differences between true and sham acupuncture indicate that acupuncture is more than a placebo. However, these differences are relatively modest, suggesting that factors in addition to the specific effects of needling are important contributors to the therapeutic effects of acupuncture.



Vickers and coauthors conducted a systematic review to identify RCTs of acupuncture for chronic pain in which allocation concealment was determined unambiguously to be adequate. 


Individual patient data meta-analyses were conducted using data from 29 of 31 eligible RCTs, with a total of 17922 patients evaluated. Please also see the Invited Commentary.