Stimulated by Ko et al 2023.[1] A sketch of the treatment room interaction by MC. See below for key to acronyms in this diagram. PPI – patient–practitioner interactionsWM – Western medicineCM – Chinese medicinePoPS – principles of point selectionWMA – Western medical acupunctureRI – Royal Institution (the place where they do the Christmas Lectures)OA – … Continue reading Patient–practitioner interactions 2024
Stimulated by Albert et al 2023.[1] Photo by Neonbrand on Unsplash. PID – prolapsed intervertebral discLBP – low back painNSAIDs – non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugsSD – standard deviation key to acronyms This paper was published online in mid-December, but I could not access the full text. I wrote to the first author, Hanne Albert, and she kindly sent me … Continue reading PID resorption 2024
Stimulated by Lee et al 2023.[1] SR – systematic reviewNMA – network meta-analysisKIOM – Korean Institute of Oriental MedicineSATS – sham acupuncture therapy sham pointSATV – sham acupuncture therapy verum pointIPDM – individual patient data meta-analysisEBM – evidence based medicineSMD – standardised mean differenceCI – confidence interval key to acronyms I guess it was inevitable … Continue reading Does sham point location matter 2
Stimulated by Li et al, and Choi et al 2023.[1,2] Photo by 邱 严 on Unsplash, with some pretty bad editing on photoshop by MC to create facial asymmetry. EA – electroacupunctureTES – transcutaneous electrical stimulation (TENS applied to cause muscle contraction)EMG – electromyographyUS FDA – United States Food & Drug AdministrationTFNI – total facial … Continue reading Chronic and recurrent Bell’s palsy 2023
Stimulated by Lin et al, Kim et al, and Wei et al 2023.[1–3] Treatment protocol for lymphoedema from one of the trials in Kim et al 2023.[2] NHIRD – National Health Insurance Research Database (Taiwan)CI – confidence intervalCVA – cerebrovascular accidentNF1 – neurofibromatosis type 1 This week I am highlighting 3 papers with different methods but … Continue reading Nerve injury, lymphoedema, and a giant haematoma
Stimulated by Wang et al 2023.[1] Supplemental Figure 2 from Wang et al 2023 showing development of animal models of SDS. KOR – κ opioid receptorCSDS – chronic social defeat stressSSDS – subthreshold social defeat stressSDS – social defeat stressAAV – adeno-associated virus key to acronyms This is a potentially important paper that describes, for … Continue reading KOR and depression after CSDS
Stimulated by Zhang et al 2023.[1] Diagram by MC illustrating TEAS applied to PC6 in a patient following breast surgery. TEAS – transcutaneous electrical acupoint stimulation (ie a form of TENS)TENS – transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulationPONV – post-operative nausea and vomitingCI – confidence intervalIV – intravenous key to acronyms This paper came out in June … Continue reading TEAS vs dexamethasone in PONV
Stimulated by Krecké et al 2023.[1] Mike receiving a thermal pain stimulus to his ventral forearm under the watchful eye of colleagues in Greifswald (2023). HRV – heart rate variabilityCCK – cholecystokinin key to acronyms I have always been intrigued by placebo and nocebo effects as well as the more subtle differences between men and … Continue reading HRV predicts placebo response in men
Stimulated by Epstein et al 2023.[1] Visual abstract... IMPACT – Integrative Medicine for Pain in Patients with Advanced Cancer TrialMSKCC – Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer CenterPEACE – Personalised EA vs AA Comparative EffectivenessMSK – musculoskeletalRCT – randomised controlled trialBPI – short form brief pain inventory key to acronyms This trial was based at MSKCC and … Continue reading Acupuncture vs massage – IMPACT
Stimulated by Zheng et al 2023.[1] Visual abstract from the publication by Zheng et al in Annals.[1] CSU – chronic spontaneous urticariaEiC – editor in chiefMCID – minimal clinically important differenceUAS7 – urticaria activity score (weekly sum of daily measures of itch and wheal severity)CI – confidence interval key to acronyms This is the first … Continue reading Acupuncture for CSU
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