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RESEARCH ON THE HEALTH BENEFITS
OF ACUPUNCTURE
John G. Connor, M.Ac, L.Ac.
May 2005
• A study published in Singapore Med J 1999 Apr;40(4):260-4 by Yong D, Lim SH et al entitled "Acupuncture treatment at Ang Mo Kio Community Hospital -- a report on our initial experience" involved 1,128 patients receiving a total of 12,172 acupuncture treatment sessions during the period between Sept. 1995 and Dec. 1996. Most had either painful conditions (58%) or stroke-related dysfunction (23%). Amongst the painful conditions, arthritis (25%), low back pain (22%) and other musculo-skeletal pain (12%) were the most common. In a subgroup of patients treated for painful conditions, > 90% reported improvement. The authors concluded that their preliminary experience showed that acupuncture is safe, and appears to be beneficial to patients with painful conditions.
• A study published in Diabetes Res Clin Pract 1998 Feb;39(2):115-21 on 46 patients with chronic painful peripheral neuropathy concluded that acupuncture is a safe and effective therapy for the long-term management of painful diabetic neuropathy, although its mechanism of action remains speculative.
• Another study published in Russian in the journal Probl Endokrinol (Mosk) 1991 Jul-Aug,37(4)-20-3 on diabetic angiopathy of the lower extremities on 55 patients with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus showed a direct noticeable clinical effect with acupuncture in 78.2% of cases, determined perhaps by improved elastotonic properties of arteries of average caliber, enhanced blood outflow and regulation of lower limb vascular peripheral resistance.
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