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New Research Trials ART and Gerac

Results and Discussion

• Acupuncture in Germany 2006 by Gabriel Stux

"Clinical Acupuncture Scientific Basis"- Excerpts

• Mechanisms of Acupuncture Analgesia Produced by Low Frequency Electrical Stimulation of Acupunctute Poits
  von T. Takeshige
• Proposed Standards of Acupuncture Treatment for Clinical Studies, Teil 1, Teil 2, G. Stux, S. Birch

Abstracts of the SAR in Minneapolis

• "NIH funded acupuncture research in stroke and spinal cord injury", 
  Samuel C. Shiflett
• Acupuncture needle grasp: Ultrasound analysis and clinical implications, 
  Helene M Langevin, Junru Wu, David L Churchill, Gary J Badger and Jason A Yandow
• Description and validation of non-invasive placebo acupuncture proceddure, 
  KJ Sherman, CJ Hogeboom, DC Cherkin, RA Deyo
• Validity of newly developed sham needle unit: a randomised controlled pre-clinical trial, 
  Jongbae Park, Adrian R White, Clare Stevinson, Edzard Ernst
• Progress Report: Cross-over Clinical Trial Examining Acupuncture Efficacy in Controlling Side-Effects of HIV-Combination Therapy
  Elizabeth Sommers
• Efficacy Study of Acupuncture and Chinese Herbs for HIV Treatment
  Neal Miller, Jin Lin Wang
• Acupunture Needle Grasp: Ultrasound Analysis and Clinical Implications
  Helene M Langevin, Junru Wu, David L Churchill, Gary J Badger and Jason A Yandow
• Effectiveness of Adhesive Ear Acupressure Strips for Chronic Headache, Neck Pain and Low Back Pain
  George H Kramer, Frederrick T Strobl, James R Hulbert, Patricia D Culliton
• Nature of Qi, 
  Michael O Smith
• The Study of Acupuncture Analgesia in Operative Dentistry: Methodological Factors for Success
  Eric Goldlust, Ellen Beck, Melanie Parker, Ana de Vedia
• Clinical Study of Herpes Zoster Treatment Using Acupuncture of Thumb-Joint Acupint and Fire-Twinkling Method, 
  Shilan Zhou
• Overview of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine Presentations at the Conference on Complementary, Alternative and Integrative Medicine Research, San Francisco, May 2001,
  Richard Hammerschlag
• Acupuncture Research Methodology Workshop: Exeter, July 2001,
  Karen Sherman, Richard Hammerschlag
• What´s in a name? A Systematic Review of Chinese Medicinal Formulae
  Jongbae Park, Hijoon Park, Hyejung Lee, Edzard Ernst
• Interactive Discussion of the Nomenclature used in Acupunture Research
  Terry Oleson
• Future directions for Assessing Clinical Efficacy of acupuncture
  Lixing Lao
• Future Directions for Research on the Physiological Basis of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine
  Richard Hammerschlag
• Acupuncture and Sham Acupuncture Reduce Muscle Pain in Myofascial Pain Patients
  Greg Goddard, Hiroyuki Karibe, Charles McNeill, Ernesto Villafuerte
• The Study of Acupuncture Analgesia in Operative Dentistry: Methodological Factors for Success
  Eric Goldlust, Ellen Beck, Melanie Parker, Ana de Vedia
• Clinical Study of Herpes Zoster Treatment Using Acupuncture of Thumb-Joint Acupoint and Fire-Twinkling Method
  Shilan Zhou
• Effectiveness of Adhesive Ear Acupressure Strips for Chronic Headache, Neck Pain and Low Back Pain
  George H Kramer, Frederrick T Strobl, James R Hulbert, Patricia D Culliton
• Chronic Renal Failure Improved by Chinese Herbal Treatment
  Hong Wei Liu
• Tenderloin Acupuncture Project (or, Guess Who´s Coming for Breakfast?): Field-Based Data Gathering
  C Wilson, M Cohen, H Wilson

Clinical Studies

• Congratulations on getting funded, now what? - Creating the Reality
  I. D. Bier
• Longitudinal study of a cohort receiving acupuncture for HIV-related conditions in Massachusetts
  E. Sommers
• Immunomodulation using acupuncture: Assessment using serum immunoglobulin titers
  R.E. Burke, M.B. Helbig, K. Suh, D. McDaniel, D. Zamurovic, HAN. El-Fawal, W. Prensky
• Breech Version by Acumoxa
  R. Milligan, H. V. Bradford, M. Donohue
• Getting research started: The Institutional Review Board hurdle
  W. L. Prensky
• Development of a standardized, Oriental medical diagnosis form
  T. Oleson
• Use of acupressure beads in the treatment of ADHD
  M.O. Smith
• Patient Satisfaction with Acupuncture: Report of a survey of 1000 patients
  C. M. Cassidy
• Consistency of diagnostic assessment of Traditional Chinese Medicine Practitioners
  K. Sherman , C. Hogeboom, D. Cherkin
• Getting the Story, Feeling the Facts: Qualitative Research Methods for Oriental Medicine
  C. M. Cassidy
• Functional MRI evidence that acupuncture modulates the limbic system and subcortical gray structures of the human brain
  K. Hui,  J. Liu, N. Makris, R.Gollub, A. Chen, Ch. Moore, D. Kennedy, B. Rosen, K. Kwong
• Neural bases of acupuncture: Observation of target specific and target non-specific acupuncture mechanisms observed by fMRI
  C. Zang-Hee 
• Measurement of acupuncture needle grasp at acupuncture points and control points
  H. M. Langevin†, D. L. Churchill† , J. R. Fox , G. J. Badger and Martin H. Krag
• Physiological effects of superficial acupuncture: A technique focusing on patients’ respiratory rhythm
  T. H. Tanaka, K.Nishijo
• Acupuncture to treat Alzheimer’s: Results of a pilot feasibility study
  NB Emerson Lombardo, L Vehvilainen, WL Ooi, L Volicer, G Xu, C McManus, M Dresser, S Lewis, C Laughlin
• Efficacy Study of Acupuncture and Chinese Herbs for HIV Treatment
  Neal Miller, Jin Lin Wang
• A Chinese Herbal Compound for the Treatment of Hepatitis C
  U. Beyendorff
• Devising an appropriate control group in a study of acupuncture and stroke rehabilitation
  Howard Moffet, Larry Scherwitz, Scott Rome
  Acupuncture for addicted patients with chronic histories of arrest: A pilot study of the Consortium Treatment Center
  Lisa C. Russell, Boyd Sharp, Barbara Gilbertson
• NIH grant: A controlled trial of acupuncture for carpal tunnel syndrome
  PI: Arthur Weinstein, Co-PI: John Pan; Presenter: John Pan
  NIH Funded Acupuncture Research in Stroke and Spinal Cord Injury
  Samuel C Shiflett
• The Pediatric NCCAM Center at the University of Arizona: Progress Report
  Rosa N Schnyer, Fayez K Ghishan, Co-Investigator: Andrew Weil
• NIH Progress Reports: Pilot Studies of Chronic Low Back Pain and Fibromyalgia
  Sherman KJ
• Funding acupuncture research: The NCCAM perspective
  Christine H. Goertz
• Report on NCCAM Center on Arthritis, University of Maryland
  Lixing Lao, Susan Berman, Brian Berman
• NCCAM Center for Addiction and Alternative Medicine Research
  Patricia D Culliton
• The Pediatric NCCAM Center at the University of Arizona: Progress Report
  Rosa N Schnyer, Fayez K Ghishan
• Pragmatic research: Assessing the effectiveness of acupuncture in real world settings
  Hugh MacPherson
• Systematic Reviews and Randomized Controlled Trials in Acupuncture Research
  Brian Berman
• Incidence of Adverse Drug Reactions in Hospitalized Patients