Shoulder Pain Acupuncture Articles & Abstracts

We hope you find these shoulder pain acupuncture articles and abstracts helpful in your sports medicine acupuncture practice:

  1. Gilbertson, B., Wenner, K., & Russell, L. C. (2003). Acupuncture and arthroscopic acromioplasty. Journal of orthopaedic research, 21(4), 752-758.

  2. Lathia, A. T., Jung, S. M., & Chen, L. X. (2009). Efficacy of acupuncture as a treatment for chronic shoulder pain. The journal of alternative and complementary medicine, 15(6), 613-618.

  3. Sun, K. O., Chan, K. C., Lo, S. L., & Fong, D. Y. T. (2001). Acupuncture for frozen shoulder.

  4. Johansson, K. M., Adolfsson, L. E., & Foldevi, M. O. (2005). Effects of acupuncture versus ultrasound in patients with impingement syndrome: randomized clinical trial. Physical therapy, 85(6), 490-501.

  5. Molsberger, A. F., Schneider, T., Gotthardt, H., & Drabik, A. (2010). German Randomized Acupuncture Trial for chronic shoulder pain (GRASP)–a pragmatic, controlled, patient-blinded, multi-centre trial in an outpatient care environment. Pain, 151(1), 146-154.

  6. Vas, J., Ortega, C., Olmo, V., Perez-Fernandez, F., Hernandez, L., Medina, I., … & Mendez, C. (2008). Single-point acupuncture and physiotherapy for the treatment of painful shoulder: a multicentre randomized controlled trial. Rheumatology, 47(6), 887-893.

  7. Green, S., Buchbinder, R., & Hetrick, S. E. (2005). Acupuncture for shoulder pain. The Cochrane Library.

  8. Nabeta, T., & Kawakita, K. (2002). Relief of chronic neck and shoulder pain by manual acupuncture to tender points—a sham-controlled randomized trial. Complementary therapies in medicine, 10(4), 217-222.

  9. de Hoyos, J. A. G., Martín, M. D. C. A., Lopez, M. V., López, T. M., Morilla, F. A. V., & Moreno, M. J. G. (2004). Randomised trial of long term effect of acupuncture for shoulder pain. Pain, 112(3), 289-298.

  10. Guerra, J., Bassas, E., Andres, M., Verdugo, F., & Gonzalez, M. (2003). Acupuncture for soft tissue shoulder disorders: a series of 201 cases. Acupuncture in Medicine, 21(1-2), 18-22.

  11. Dyson-Hudson, T. A., Shiflett, S. C., Kirshblum, S. C., Bowen, J. E., & Druin, E. L. (2001). Acupuncture and Trager psychophysical integration in the treatment of wheelchair user’s shoulder pain in individuals with spinal cord injury. Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation, 82(8), 1038-1046.

  12. Dyson-Hudson, T. A., Kadar, P., LaFountaine, M., Emmons, R., Kirshblum, S. C., Tulsky, D., & Komaroff, E. (2007). Acupuncture for chronic shoulder pain in persons with spinal cord injury: a small-scale clinical trial. Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation, 88(10), 1276-1283.

  13. Lafortuna, C. L., & Rossi, E. (2006). The Treatment of Chronic Shoulder Pain with Wrist-Ankle Acupuncture. Journal of Chinese Medicine, (80).

  14. He, D., Veiersted, K. B., Høstmark, A. T., & Medbø, J. I. (2004). Effect of acupuncture treatment on chronic neck and shoulder pain in sedentary female workers: a 6-month and 3-year follow-up study. Pain, 109(3), 299-307.

  15. Wang, X. H., Xu, Y. Z., Hu, W. B., & He, Z. G. (2010). Frozen shoulder due to cold damp treated with acupuncture and moxibustion on tender points. Zhongguo zhen jiu= Chinese acupuncture & moxibustion, 30(5), 364-366.

  16. Liu, S., Wang, B. W., Yang, H., Zhang, X., Li, Z. Y., & Chen, Y. G. (2007). The Observation of Clinical Curative Effect of Treating Bursitis in Shoulder with Acupuncture by Pricking Shoulder Pain Point [J]. Chinese Archives of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 2, 040.

  17. Vas, J., Ortega, C., Olmo, V., Perez-Fernandez, F., Hernandez, L., Medina, I., … & Mendez, C. (2008). Single-point acupuncture and physiotherapy for the treatment of painful shoulder: a multicentre randomized controlled trial. Rheumatology, 47(6), 887-893.

  18. Lee, J. A., Park, S. W., Hwang, P. W., Lim, S. M., Kook, S., Choi, K. I., & Kang, K. S. (2012). Acupuncture for shoulder pain after stroke: a systematic review. The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, 18(9), 818-823.

  19. Garrido, J. C. R., Vas, J., & Lopez, D. R. (2016). Acupuncture treatment of shoulder impingement syndrome: A randomized controlled trial. Complementary therapies in medicine, 25, 92-97.

  20. Kreindler, G., Attias, S., Kreindler, A., Hen, H., Haj, B., Matter, I., … & Schiff, E. (2014). Treating postlaparoscopic surgery shoulder pain with acupuncture. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, 2014.

  21. Zhang, H., Sun, J., Wang, C., Yu, C., Wang, W., Zhang, M., … & Wan, Y. (2016). Randomised controlled trial of contralateral manual acupuncture for the relief of chronic shoulder pain. Acupuncture in Medicine, 34(3), 164-170.

  22. Itoh, K., Saito, S., Sahara, S., Naitoh, Y., Imai, K., & Kitakoji, H. (2014). Randomized trial of trigger point acupuncture treatment for chronic shoulder pain: a preliminary study. Journal of acupuncture and meridian studies, 7(2), 59-64.

  23. Deganello, A., Battat, N., Muratori, E., Cristofaro, G., Buongiorno, A., Mannelli, G., … & Gallo, O. (2016). Acupuncture in shoulder pain and functional impairment after neck dissection: A prospective randomized pilot study. The Laryngoscope, 126(8), 1790-1795.