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Shoulder Pain Acupuncture Articles & Abstracts

Published On: October 13th, 2020·3.6 min read·Categories: C.SMA Resources·
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.

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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