A true history of acupuncture

One article on PainSci cites Ramey 2004: Does Acupuncture Work for Pain?

related content

• “Acupuncture and history: The “ancient” therapy that’s been around for several decades,” David Ramey, ScienceBasedMedicine.org.
• “The Acupuncture and Fasciae Fallacy,” Ben Kavoussi, ScienceBasedMedicine.org.
• “The Reality of Ancient Wisdom: Acupuncture and TCM Weren’t So Great,” Harriet Hall, ScienceBasedMedicine.org.

This page is part of the PainScience BIBLIOGRAPHY, which contains plain language summaries of thousands of scientific papers & others sources. It’s like a highly specialized blog. A few highlights:

• No long-term effects after a three-week open-label placebo treatment for chronic low back pain: a three-year follow-up of a randomized controlled trial. Kleine-Borgmann 2022 Pain.
• Exercise and education versus saline injections for knee osteoarthritis: a randomised controlled equivalence trial. Bandak 2022 Ann Rheum Dis.
• Association of Lumbar MRI Findings with Current and Future Back Pain in a Population-based Cohort Study. Kasch 2022 Spine (Phila Pa 1976).
• A double-blinded randomised controlled study of the value of sequential intravenous and oral magnesium therapy in patients with chronic low back pain with a neuropathic component. Yousef 2013 Anaesthesia.
• Is Neck Posture Subgroup in Late Adolescence a Risk Factor for Persistent Neck Pain in Young Adults? A Prospective Study. Richards 2021 Phys Ther.