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Efficacy of Acupuncture as a Treatment for Chronic Shoulder Pain by Amanda Tiffany Lathia; S.M. Jung; Lan X. Chen is a Medicine article available to read on EtoBox.
## Objectives: The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of acupuncture as a treatment for chronic shoulder pain and to compare the efficacy of individualized acupuncture to fixed, standard point acupuncture treatment. ## Design: The study was a single-blind randomized, controlled trial. ## Settings/location: The study was conducted in an outpatient rheumatology clinic at the va medical center of philadelphia. ## Subjects: The participants were adults with shoulder pain for at least 8 weeks with a diagnosis of osteoarthritis or rotator cuff tendonitis and a total shoulder pain and disability index (spadi) score of > or =30. ## Interventions: Thirty-one (31) subjects were randomized to one of three treatment groups: individualized acupuncture points according to the approaches of traditional chinese medicine; fixed, standard acupuncture points conventionally used for shoulder pain; and sham nonpenetrating acupuncture. subjects received 12 treatments over 6 weeks and were reassessed using the spadi at the end of the 6 weeks. ## Outcome measures: The primary outcome evaluated was the mean change in total spadi score in each group from baseline to 6 weeks. ## Results: After 6
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- Author
- Amanda Tiffany Lathia; S.M. Jung; Lan X. Chen
- Publisher
- Mary Ann Liebert Inc
- Published
- 2009
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Medicine (Health Sciences)