Inspired by Thomas et al 2022.[1] Photo by Stéphan Valentin on Unsplash. I'm pretty sure there's some tumeric in the middle there. ASCO – American Society of Clinical OncologyPSA – prostate specific antigenCFU – colony forming unitkey to acronyms Whilst I am still watching the blue line fade from my lateral flow tests, I thought … Continue reading The UK Phyto-V study
Inspired by a series of recent on access articles in the BMJ online.[1–6] Photo by Andrea Piacquadio on Pexels.com CACMS – China Academy of Chinese Medical SciencesBUCM – Beijing University of Chinese MedicineEBM – evidence-based medicineSR – systematic reviewRCT – randomised controlled trialGRADE – Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development and Evaluation (a method of grading … Continue reading Improving acupuncture research 2022
Inspired by Gellrich et al 2022.[1] Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.com SAR – Seasonal Allergic Rhinitis (aka hay fever)aka – also known asAR – allergic rhinitisRCT – randomised controlled trialMA – manual acupunctureARC – Acupuncture in Routine Care (acronym for a set of pragmatic trials within theModellvorhaben Akupunktur)ICER – incremental cost-effectiveness ratioQALY – quality adjusted … Continue reading Acupuncture for SAR 2022
Inspired by Wang et al 2021.[1] Photo by Some Tale on Unsplash. IBS – irritable bowel syndromeOLP – open label placeboDBP – double blind placeboNPC – no pill controlCOMT – catechol-o-methyltransferase (an enzyme that degrades catecholamines)rs4680 – Val153Met SNP in the gene for COMTVal – valine (an amino acid used in DNA and RNA)Met – … Continue reading Placebo in IBS
Inspired by Bao et al 2022.[1] Cladogram from Bao et al 2022. A cladogram is a diagram used to show relationships between organisms – from the Greek clados (branch) and gramma (character). CD – Crohn’s DiseaseMA – manual acupunctureCDAI – Crohn’s Disease Activity IndexEA – electroacupunctureCDEIS – Crohn’s Disease Endoscopic Index of SeverityHS – Histopathological … Continue reading Acupuncture for CD 2022
Inspired by Ball et al 2022.[1] Inside the trigger point drawn by MC on Paper 53 circa 2015. MTrP – myofascial trigger pointTrP – trigger point (exactly the same as MTrP for those wanting to save a keystroke)LTR – local twitch responseUS – ultrasoundVSE – vibration sonoelastographySWE – shear wave elastographyDN – dry needling aka … Continue reading Looking inside the MTrP 2022
Inspired by Huang et al 2022.[1] Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.com OA – osteoarthritisJICM – Journal of Integrative and Complementary MedicineJACM – Journal of Alternative and Complementary MedicineVIP – very important personaHR – adjusted hazard ratio key to acronyms This paper appeared online on the 14th of this month in JICM, and it was then … Continue reading Acupuncture and fracture risk in OA
Inspired by Wu et al, Yang et al, & Li et al 2022.[1–3] Image by Paweł Czerwiński on Unsplash. EA – electroacupunctureFD – functional dyspepsia or functional diarrhoeaFDys – functional dyspepsia (in this blog)FDr – functional diarrhoea (in this blog)IBS – irritable bowel syndrometid – ter in die (3 times a day)tds – ter die sumendus (to be … Continue reading EA in FD 2022
Inspired by Zeng et al 2022.[1] Cropped photo of BMJ cover from 10th March 2018. IF – impact factorEA – electroacupunctureMA – manual acupunctureNPQ – Northwick Park Neck Pain QuestionnaireSF-MPQ – Short-Form McGill Pain QuestionnaireVAS – visual analogue scorePT – pain threshold (in this case electrical pain threshold in skin)PPT – pressure pain thresholdkey to … Continue reading Missing the point in Guangzhou 2022
Inspired by Zhou et al 2022.[1] Photo by Tatiana Syrikova on Pexels.com PMD – perimenopausal depressionMA – manual acupunctureEA – electroacupunctureHAM-D – Hamilton Depression Rating ScaleHAMD-17 – the sum of the first 17 items on the HAM-DMENQOL – Menopause-specific Quality of Life QuestionnaireFSH – follicle stimulating hormoneLH – luteinising hormoneRCT – randomised controlled trial key … Continue reading Acupuncture in PMD
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