Acupuncture vs Sham Acupuncture

01 http://annals.org/article.aspx?articleid=718524
“Acupuncture was no better than sham acupuncture at relieving pain in fibromyalgia.”

02 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0304395901004444
“The trial demonstrated a placebo effect of traditional acupuncture in chronic LBP.”

03 http://www.worldscientific.com/doi/abs/10.1142/S0192415X91000156
“Acupuncture was significantly more effective than placebo-diazepam (p < 0.05), but not significantly more effective than diazepam or sham-acupuncture.”

04 http://www.bmj.com/content/bmj/338/bmj.a3115.full.pdf
“Whether needling at acupuncture points, or at any site, reduces pain independently of the psychological impact of the treatment ritual is unclear”

05 http://ehp.sagepub.com/content/28/1/9.short
“Although no statistically significant analgesic effect was observed between the acupuncture and placebo groups, participants in both experiments who believed they received real acupuncture reported significantly less pain than patients who believed that they received a placebo.”

06 http://online.liebertpub.com/doi/abs/10.1089/acm.2008.0356
“Thirty-eight acupuncture trials were identified. Most studies (22/38 = 58%) found no statistically significant difference in outcomes, and most of these (13/22 = 59%) found that sham acupuncture may be as efficacious as true acupuncture, especially when superficial needling was applied to non-points.”

07 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0965229902000821
“Acupuncture applied to tender points appears to have short-term effects on neck and shoulder pain and stiffness, but this study was unable to demonstrate any long-term superiority over sham acupuncture.”

08 http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1046/j.1468-2982.2001.00198.x/abstract
“No significant differences between placebo and verum with respect to visual analogue scale and frequency of headache attacks could be observed immediately, 6 weeks and 5 months after the end of treatment.”

09 http://rheumatology.oxfordjournals.org/content/38/9/864.short
“The results demonstrated no significant effect of treatment or period and no significant interaction between treatment and period for any outcome variable.”

10 http://journals.lww.com/menopausejournal/Abstract/2007/14010/Acupuncture_for_hot_flashes__a_randomized,.10.aspx
“The results of this study suggest that the used medical acupuncture was not any more effective for reducing hot flashes than was the chosen sham acupuncture.”

11 http://www.osteomm.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/acupuncture-and-irritable-bowl-syndrome-40401.pdf
“Traditional Chinese acupuncture is relatively ineffective in IBS in the European hospital setting, and the magnitude of any effect appears insufficient to warrant investment in acupuncture services.”

12 https://clincancerres.aacrjournals.org/content/9/7/2538.short
“This study suggests that in combination with ondansetron i.v., invasive needle acupuncture at P6 compared with nonskin-penetrating placebo acupuncture has no additional effect for the prevention of acute nausea and vomiting in high-dose chemotherapy”

13 http://gut.bmj.com/content/35/8/1026.abstract
“The classic needle acupuncture, laser acupuncture, and sham acupuncture had no significant effect on gastric acid secretion.”

14 http://humrep.oxfordjournals.org/content/24/2/341.short
“Placebo acupuncture was associated with a significantly higher overall pregnancy rate when compared with real acupuncture.“

15 http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1468-2982.2006.01062.x/abstract
“These findings showed that semi-standardized acupuncture shows no difference from sham acupuncture in preventing migraine attacks.”

16 http://archinte.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=486708
“Acupuncture is not superior to sham treatment for recovery in activities of daily living and health-related quality of life after stroke.”

17 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0003999305009147
“Based on ITT analyses, we conclude that acupuncture does not improve UE function or QOL in patients with chronic stroke symptoms.”

18 http://informahealthcare.com/doi/abs/10.3109/00206099409071892
“No significant difference between acupuncture and placebo was found in annoyance, awareness or loudness of the tinnitus.”

19 http://www.cmaj.ca/content/182/16/1723.short
“Our meta-analyses of data from rigorous randomized sham-controlled trials did not show a positive effect of acupuncture as a treatment for functional recovery after stroke.”

20 http://journals.lww.com/clinicalpain/Abstract/2008/02000/Acupuncture_in_Migraine_Prevention__A_Randomized.2.aspx
“Individualized treatment based on traditional Chinese medicine plays a role in preventing migraine attacks. Nevertheless, sham acupuncture had similar effects”

21 http://journal.publications.chestnet.org/article.aspx?articleid=1062022
“These results suggest that a single treatment with acupuncture is unlikely to provide improvement in the management of acute bronchial asthma.”

22 http://jama.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=200822
“Acupuncture was no more effective than sham acupuncture in reducing migraine headaches although both interventions were more effective than a waiting list control.”

23 http://archinte.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=413107
“Low Back Pain Improved After Acupuncture Treatment For At Least 6 Months. Effectiveness Of Acupuncture, Either Verum Or Sham, Was Almost Twice That Of Conventional Therapy.”