Stimulated by Huang et al 2020.[1] Sunset over Taipei City, Taiwan.Photo by Thomas Tucker on Unsplash. PD –Parkinson’s DiseaseLHID – Longitudinal Health Insurance Database (Taiwan)NHIRD – National Health Insurance Research Database (Taiwan)NHI – National Health Insurance (Taiwan) key to acronyms This is one of two papers from Taiwan I am highlighting on the blog this … Continue reading Acupuncture PD and depression
Stimulated by Mu et al 2020.[1] On the beach 50 steps from the conference centre in Porto de Galinhas in October 2009. Thanks to Jens for the shoes. cLBP –chronic non-specific low back painSRs – systematic reviewskey to acronyms There was no choice for me this week, after 15 years Andrea has finally succeeded (with … Continue reading Acupuncture for cLBP
Stimulated by an email from a colleague in Australia re Jan et al 2020;[1] plus Cohen et al 2017.[2] Photo by NCI on Unsplash. ED –Emergency DepartmentBFA – BattleField AcupunctureIF – Impact Factorkey to acronyms This week I am focussing on the possible role for acupuncture as a non-pharmacological adjunct or alternative analgesic intervention for … Continue reading Acupuncture in the ED 2020
Stimulated by four recent papers appearing on PubMed.[1–4] Gold needle on brushed aluminium with x24 macro lens attachment on iPhone 6 plushttps://www.instagram.com/p/BGhNmuUI2aU/ AiM – Acupuncture in MedicineCXR – chest x-ray filmNEJM – New England Journal of MedicineFPL – flexor pollicis longusIP – interphalangeal (joint)MCP – metacarpophalangeal (joint)key to acronyms This week I am focussing on … Continue reading Needle trouble 2020
Inspired by Blackmon & Elson 2020.[1] Photo by David Hofmann on Unsplash. Last week the topic was Parkinson’s disease (PD), and this week I have selected a paper on acupuncture for dancers, so I thought I would just check the PD literature, as I recalled that dancing was being used therapeutically in this condition. Sure … Continue reading Acupuncture for dancers
Inspired by Jang et al 2020.[1] Image of fNIRS from Elisenicolegray on Wikipedia. PD – Parkinson’s diseasefNIRS – functional near infrared spectroscopySTRICTA – Standards for Reporting Interventions in Clinical Trials of Acupuncturekey to acronyms There is a lot of research published on acupuncture in PD, and I generally ignore it. So why did this paper … Continue reading Acupuncture in PD 2020
Inspired by Tu et al 2020.[1] Photo by Anna Auza on Unsplash. EA – electroacupunctureMA – manual acupunctureOA – osteoarthritisOAK – OA kneeRR – responder rateNRS – numerical rating scaleWOMAC – Western Ontario and McMaster Universities osteoarthritis indexMCII – minimum clinically important improvementGERAC – German acupuncture (trial)ARC – acupuncture in routine care (trial) key to … Continue reading Intensive EA/MA in OAK
Inspired by Dunning et al 2020.[1] Photo by Wallace Chuck on Pexels.com EDN – electrical dry needlingEA – electroacupunctureIHS – International Headache SocietyICHD-3 – International Classification of Headache Disorders 3rd editionLBP – low back painkey to acronyms I chose this paper because the title includes this rather novel sounding needling intervention – perineural electrical dry … Continue reading Perineural EDN
Inspired by Kong J-T et al 2020.[1] Photo by Sam Burriss on Unsplash.Non-white race was associated with a greater degree of pain reduction following EA for cLBP. EA – electroacupuncturecLBP – chronic low back painPROMIS – patient reported outcome measurement information systemNIH – National Institute of Health (US)RMDQ – Roland Morris disability questionnaireQST – quantitative … Continue reading EA for cLBP
Inspired by Oliveira et al 2020,[1] and Ma et al 2020.[2] Photo by Jesse van Vliet on Unsplash OA – osteoarthritisWFH – World Federation of Hemophilia (that’s how they spell it)TENS – transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulationASD – atrial septal defectkey to acronyms This blog follows on in a way from our consideration of OA last … Continue reading Haemophilia, bleeding and bubbles
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