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Acupuncture

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Musculoskeletal diseases - Acupuncture

International

• Cochrane Library

  • Acupuncture for shoulder pain [2009]

  • Acupuncture for neck disorders [2009]

  • Acupuncture for lateral elbow pain [2009]

  • Acupuncture and electroacupuncture for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis [2009]

  • Acupuncture and dry-needling for low back pain [2009]

United Kingdom

• Bandolier

  • Acupuncture for elbow pain [2004]

  • Acupuncture for fibromyalgia [2001]

  • Acupuncture for neck and back pain [2000]

  • Acupuncture for Temporomandibular Joint Dysfunction [2000]

  • Acupuncture for Osteoarthritis [2000]

  • Acupuncture for back pain? [1999]

• Health Technology Assessment

  • Longer term clinical and economic benefits of offering acupuncture care to patients with chronic low back pain [2005]

United States of America

• Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

  • Acupuncture for Osteoarthritis [2003]

  • Acupuncture for Fibromyalgia [2003]

Articles in journals

• Acupuncture in Medicine

  • Evidence from RCTs on optimal acupuncture treatment for knee osteoarthritis--an exploratory review [2007]

  • Did 'The Princess on the Pea' suffer from fibromyalgia syndrome? The influence on sleep and the effects of acupuncture [2007]

• Annals of Internal Medicine

  • Meta-analysis: acupuncture for low back pain [2005]

• Australian Family Physician

  • Acupuncture in musculoskelatal disorders - is there a point? [2007]

• BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

  • A systematic review with procedural assessments and meta-analysis of Low Level Laser Therapy in lateral elbow tendinopathy (tennis elbow) [2008]

• Rheumatology

  • Reviews of acupuncture for chronic neck pain: pitfalls in conducting systematic reviews [2002]

  • A systematic review of randomized controlled trials of acupuncture for neck pain [1999]

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