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RESEARCH ON THE HEALTH BENEFITS
OF ACUPUNCTURE
John G. Connor, M.Ac, L.Ac.
May 2005
• The results of a study published in Rheumatology (Oxford) 1999 Apr; 38( 4): 346-54 by Berman et al entitled "A randomized trial of acupuncture as an adjunctive therapy in osteoarthritis of the knee" concluded that acupuncture is an effective and safe adjunctive therapy to conventional care for patients with osteoarthritis of the knee.
• The results of a study published in Forsch Komplementarmed Klass Naturheilkd 2002 Aug;9(4):210-5 by Fink et al entitled "Chronic epicondylitis: effects of real and sham acupuncture treatment: a randomized controlled patient- and examiner- blinded long-term trial" concluded that in the treatment of chronic epicondylitis, the selection of so-called real acupuncture points gives better results than invasive sham acupuncture at early follow-up.
• The results of a study published in Rheumatology (Oxford) 2002 Feb;41(2):205-9 by Fink et al entitled "Acupuncture in chronic epicondylitis: a randomized controlled trial" concluded that in the treatment of chronic epicondylopathia lateralis humeri, acupuncture in which real acupuncture points were selected and stimulated was superior to non-specific acupuncture with respect to reduction in pain and improvement in the functioning of the arm.
• The results of a study published in Br J Rheumatol 1994 Dec;33(12):1162-5 by Molsberger and Hille entitled "The analgesic effect of acupuncture in chronic tennis elbow pain" concluded that their results were statistically significant and that it showed that non segmental verum (real) acupuncture has an intrinsic analgesic effect in the clinical treatment of tennis elbow pain which exceeds that of placebo acupuncture.
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