The effects of acupuncture versus sham acupuncture in the treatment of fibromyalgia: a randomized controlled clinical trial.
Objective: The aim of this manuscript is to determine and to compare the efficacy of real acupuncture with sham acupuncture on fibromyalgia (FM) treatment. Methods: 50 women with FM were randomized into 2 groups to receive either true acupuncture or sham acupuncture. Subjects were evaluated with Vis...
| Publicado en: | Acta Reumatológica Portuguesa no. 1; pp. 32 - 38 |
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Sociedade Portuguesa de Reumatologia
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=lth&AN=122286390&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: lth uiTerm: 122286390 longDbName: MedicLatina uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 0303464X 4Z1D jtl: Acta Reumatológica Portuguesa issn: 0303464X maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Jan-Mar2017 iid: 1 pid: 38819 pub: Sociedade Portuguesa de Reumatologia artinfo: ui: 122286390 ppf: 32 ppct: 6 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: P size: 306KB tig: atl: The effects of acupuncture versus sham acupuncture in the treatment of fibromyalgia: a randomized controlled clinical trial. aug: au: Uğurlu, F. G. Sezer, N. Aktekin, L. Fidan, F. Tok, F. Akkuş, S. affil: Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Yıldırım Beyazıt University Medical School Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Gülhane Military Medical Academy su: Acupuncture Treatment of fibromyalgia Randomized controlled trials Visual analog scale Questionnaires sug: subj: Acupuncture Treatment of fibromyalgia Randomized controlled trials Visual analog scale Questionnaires keyword: Fibromyalgia Sham acupuncture ab: Objective: The aim of this manuscript is to determine and to compare the efficacy of real acupuncture with sham acupuncture on fibromyalgia (FM) treatment. Methods: 50 women with FM were randomized into 2 groups to receive either true acupuncture or sham acupuncture. Subjects were evaluated with Visual Analogic Scale (VAS), at night, at rest and during activity; SF-36, Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire (FIQ), Beck Depression scale (BDI), Fatigue Severity Scale (FSS) at baseline, 1 month and 2 months after the 1 session. Patients in both groups received 3 sessions in the 1 week, 2 sessions/week during 2 weeks and 1 session/week in the following 5 weeks (totally 12 sessions). Results: 25 subjects with a mean age of 47.28±7.86 years were enrolled in true acupuncture group and 25 subjects with a mean age of 43.60±8.18 years were enrolled in sham acupuncture group. Both groups improved significantly in all parameters 1 month after the 1 session and this improvement persisted 2 months after the 1 session (p<0.05). However, real acupuncture group had better scores than sham acupuncture score in terms of all VAS scores, BDI and FIQ scores either 1 or 2 months after the 1 session (all p<0.05). Conclusion: Acupuncture significantly improved pain and symptoms of FM. Although sham effect was important, real acupuncture treatment seems to be effective in treatment of FM. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: Y custom: Copyright of Acta Reumatológica Portuguesa is the property of Sociedade Portuguesa de Reumatologia and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites without the copyright holder's express written permission. Additionally, content may not be used with any artificial intelligence tools or machine learning technologies. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. item: Acta Reumatológica Portuguesa holder: Sociedade Portuguesa de Reumatologia dt: @attributes: year: 2017 holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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