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General Acupuncture Research

Published On: November 19th, 2020·3.2 min read·Categories: C.SMA Resources·

We hope these general acupuncture research abstracts will helpful to you:

  1. Napadow, V., Ahn, A., Longhurst, J., Lao, L., Stener-Victorin, E., Harris, R., & Langevin, H. M. (2008). The status and future of acupuncture mechanism research. The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, 14(7), 861-869.

  2. Park, J., Linde, K., Manheimer, E., Molsberger, A., Sherman, K., Smith, C., … & Schnyer, R. (2008). The status and future of acupuncture clinical research. The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, 14(7), 871-881.

  3. Ireland, T. A. I. Acupuncture for the Treatment of Musculoskeletal Injury and Pain Acupuncture for the Treatment of Musculoskeletal Injury and Pain.

  4. Toda, S. (2011). Investigation of electroacupuncture and manual acupuncture on carnitine and glutathione in muscle. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, 2011.

  5. Akimoto, T., Nakahori, C., Aizawa, K., Kimura, F., Fukubayashi, T., & Kono, I. (2003). Acupuncture and responses of immunologic and endocrine markers during competition. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, 35(8), 1296-1302.

  6. Nesheim, B. I., & Kinge, R. (2006). Performance of acupuncture as labor analgesia in the clinical setting. Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica, 85(4), 441-443.

  7. Hübscher, M., Vogt, L., Ziebart, T., & Banzer, W. (2010). Immediate effects of acupuncture on strength performance: a randomized, controlled crossover trial. European journal of applied physiology, 110(2), 353-358.

  8. Yang, H. Y., Liu, T. Y., Kuai, L., & Gao, M. (2006). Electrical acupoint stimulation increases athletes’ rapid strength. Zhongguo zhen jiu= Chinese acupuncture & moxibustion, 26(5), 313-315.

  9. Lin, Z. P., Lan, L. W., He, T. Y., Lin, S. P., Lin, J. G., Jang, T. R., & Ho, T. J. (2009). Effects of acupuncture stimulation on recovery ability of male elite basketball athletes. The American journal of Chinese medicine, 37(03), 471-481.

  10. Zijlstra, F. J., Van Den Berg-De Lange, I., Huygen, F. J., & Klein, J. (2003). Anti-inflammatory actions of acupuncture. Mediators of inflammation, 12(2), 59-69.

  11. Usichenko, T. I., Gizhko, V., & Wendt, M. (2011). Goal-Directed Acupuncture in Sports—Placebo or Doping?. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, 2011.

  12. Goldman, N., Chen, M., Fujita, T., Xu, Q., Peng, W., Liu, W., … & Chen, J. F. (2010). Adenosine A1 receptors mediate local anti-nociceptive effects of acupuncture. Nature neuroscience, 13(7), 883-888.

  13. Müller, C. E. E., Aranha, M. F. M., & Gavião, M. B. D. (2015). Two-dimensional ultrasound and ultrasound elastography imaging of trigger points in women with myofascial pain syndrome treated by acupuncture and electroacupuncture: a double-blinded randomized controlled pilot study. Ultrasonic imaging, 37(2), 152-167.

  14. Vickers, A. J., Cronin, A. M., Maschino, A. C., Lewith, G., MacPherson, H., Foster, N. E., … & Acupuncture Trialists’ Collaboration. (2012). Acupuncture for chronic pain: individual patient data meta-analysis. Archives of internal medicine, 172(19), 1444-1453.

  15. Huang, L. P., Zhou, S., Lu, Z., Tian, Q., Li, X., Cao, L. J., … & Wang, H. (2007). Bilateral effect of unilateral electroacupuncture on muscle strength. The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, 13(5), 539-546.

  16. He, G. H., Ruan, J. W., Zeng, Y. S., Zhou, X., Ding, Y., & Zhou, G. H. (2015). Improvement in acupoint selection for acupuncture of nerves surrounding the injury site: electro-acupuncture with Governor vessel with local meridian acupoints. Neural regeneration research, 10(1), 128.

  17. Vickers, A. J., Cronin, A. M., Maschino, A. C., Lewith, G., MacPherson, H., Foster, N. E., … & Acupuncture Trialists’ Collaboration. (2012). Acupuncture for chronic pain: individual patient data meta-analysis. Archives of internal medicine, 172(19), 1444-1453.

  18. McNamee, J., Flynn, P., O’Leary, S., Love, M., & Kelly, B. (2013). Imaging in Cauda Equina Syndrome–A Pictorial Review. The Ulster medical journal, 82(2), 100.

  19. Kwon, Y. D., Pittler, M. H., & Ernst, E. (2006). Acupuncture for peripheral joint osteoarthritis: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Rheumatology, 45(11), 1331-1337.

About the Author: Matt Callison

Matt Callison is the president of the Sports Medicine Acupuncture Certification program. He has been combining sports medicine and traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) for over 26 years. He is the author of the Motor Point and Acupuncture Meridians Chart, the Motor Point Index, The Sports Medicine Acupuncture textbook and many articles on the combination of sports medicine and TCM.

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