Effects of Acupuncture on Symptoms and Muscle Function in Delayed-Onset Muscle Soreness

Hübscher, Markus; Vogt, Lutz; Bernhörster, Marcus; Rosenhagen, Andreas; Banzer, Winfried

doi:10.1089/acm.2008.0173

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“…In nine other studies (18.8%) no effect was observed neither after verum nor after sham acupuncture [22, 27, 42, 47-49, 99, 103, 104], and the results of three studies (6.3%) were rated as unclear [35,44,45]. None of the twelve studies including both control modalities found significant differences between the sham and the inert control group [24,25,27,30,35,42,47,53,57,62,85,99], although in three of these studies, the pre-post comparison indicates larger effects in the sham than in the inert control group [24,30,53,85].…”

Section: Comparison Of Verum Acupuncture To Inert or Sham-control Promentioning

confidence: 97%

“…2. Only six studies (7.1%) were rated as 'low risk of bias' in six or more items of the Cochrane risk of bias tool [33,37,40,47,49,62]. A judgment as 'high risk of bias' resulted most frequently from methodological shortcomings within the ''+'' indicates a change of the respective threshold through acupuncture, ''-'' indicates no effect of acupuncture, ''?''…”

Section: Quality Of Included Studiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In 12 of these studies, acupuncture had a greater effect than the inert control procedure [ 24-26, 30, 38, 51, 53, 57, 58, 62, 68, 85], while results of six studies indicate no or only a minor change of the respective sensory threshold in any of the study groups [27,42,47,56,59,99]. Results of one study were unclear .…”

Section: Comparison Of Verum Acupuncture To Inert or Sham-control Promentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In the following, the term ''sham'' is used according to the description of the respective publication. Sham interventions were needling at non-acupuncture points with stimulation (17 out of 48; 35.4%) [24, 25, 30, 31, 35, 42-44, 50, 53, 62, 73, 83-85, 94, 95], without or with minimal stimulation (10 out of 48; 20.8%) [22,27,37,44,46,47,57,86,93,95], minimal or no intensity needle stimulation at classical acupuncture points (10 out of 48; 20.8%) [40,44,66,80,88,92,95,97,103,104], non-penetrating placebo needles (12 out of 48; 25%) [28,33,45,52,60,61,72,76,78,79,98,99], or treatment with an inactive laser pen (5 out of 48; 10.4%) [31,48,49,77,95]. In 25 of these 48 studies (52.1%) the effect on sensory thresholds was significantly larger in the verum than in the sham acupuncture group [25, 28, 31, 33, 37, 40, 46, 50, 52, 57, 60, 62, 72, 76, 78-80, 83-85, 88, 92, 93, 95, 97].…”

Section: Comparison Of Verum Acupuncture To Inert or Sham-control Promentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Most common conditions under investigation were myofascial pain, associated with the occurrence of MTrPs (8 out 35, 22.9%) [33,38,41,48,50,63,70,83], fibromyalgia (7 out of 35, 20%) [37,44,45,72,81,82,87], chronic neck and back pain (5 out of 35, 14.3%) [22,46,49,74,77], temporomandibular disorder (5 out of 35, 14.3%) [40,43,68,79,91], and experimentally induced delayed-onset muscle soreness (DOMS; 4 out of 35, 11.4%) [27,47,51,78]. PPT was also used as an outcome measure for the treatment effect of acupuncture in tension type headache [52,93], osteoarthritis of the knee [86], abdominal scar pain [62], plantar fasciitis [96], and syringomyelia [64].…”

Section: Ppt Assessed In Pain Disordersmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Effects of Acupuncture on Sensory Perception: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Baeumler¹,

Fleckenstein²,

Takayama

et al. 2015

Deutsche Zeitschrift für Akupunktur

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Background: The effect of acupuncture on sensory perception has never been systematically reviewed; although, studies on acupuncture mechanisms are frequently based on the idea that changes in sensory thresholds reflect its effect on the nervous system. Methods: Pubmed, EMBASE and Scopus were screened for studies investigating the effect of acupuncture on thermal or mechanical detection or pain thresholds in humans published in English or German. A meta-analysis of high quality studies was performed. Results: Out of 3007 identified articles 85 were included. Sixty five studies showed that acupuncture affects at least one sensory threshold. Most studies assessed the pressure pain threshold of which 80% reported an increase after acupuncture. Significant short-and long-term effects on the pressure pain threshold in pain patients were revealed by two meta-analyses including four and two high quality studies, respectively. In over 60% of studies, acupuncture reduced sensitivity to noxious thermal stimuli, but measuring methods might influence results. Few but consistent data indicate that acupuncture reduces pin-prick like pain but not mechanical detection. Results on thermal detection are heterogeneous. Sensory threshold changes were equally frequent reported after manual acupuncture as after electroacupuncture. Among 48 sham-controlled studies, 25 showed stronger effects on sensory thresholds through verum than through sham acupuncture, but in 9 studies significant threshold changes were also observed after sham acupuncture. Overall, there is a lack of high quality acupuncture studies applying comprehensive assessments of sensory perception.

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Section: Comparison Of Verum Acupuncture To Inert or Sham-control Promentioning

confidence: 97%

Section: Quality Of Included Studiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Comparison Of Verum Acupuncture To Inert or Sham-control Promentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Comparison Of Verum Acupuncture To Inert or Sham-control Promentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Ppt Assessed In Pain Disordersmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Effects of Acupuncture on Sensory Perception: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Baeumler¹,

Fleckenstein²,

Takayama

et al. 2015

Deutsche Zeitschrift für Akupunktur

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Issues of design and statistical analysis in controlled clinical acupuncture trials: an analysis of English‐language reports from Western journals

Peng

Zhou

Lao

et al. 2011

Statistics in Medicine

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Objective To investigate major methods of design and statistical analysis in controlled clinical acupuncture trials published in the West during the past six years (2003–2009) and, based on this analysis, to provide recommendations that address methodological issues and challenges in clinical acupuncture research. Method PubMed was searched for acupuncture RCTs published in Western journals in English between 2003 and 2009. The keyword used was acupuncture. Results One hundred and eight qualified reports of acupuncture trials that included more than 30 symptoms/conditions were identified, analyzed, and grouped into efficacy (explanatory), effectiveness (pragmatically beneficial) and other (unspecified) studies. All were randomized controlled clinical trials (RCTs). In spite of significant improvement in the quality of acupuncture RCTs in the last 30 years, these reports show that some methodological issues and shortcomings in design and analysis remain. Moreover, the quality of the efficacy studies was not superior to that of the other types of studies. Research design and reporting problems include unclear patient criteria and inadequate practitioner eligibility, inadequate randomization and blinding, deficiencies in the selection of controls, and improper outcome measurements. Problems in statistical analysis included insufficient sample sizes and power calculations, inadequate handling of missing data and multiple comparisons, and inefficient methods for dealing with repeated-measure and cluster data, baseline value adjustment, and confounding issues. Conclusion Despite recent advancements in acupuncture research, acupuncture RCTs can be improved, and more rigorous research methods should be carefully considered.

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Akupunkturtechniken im Profifußball

2018

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The number of scientific studies about acupuncture has increased significantly during recent years. Acupuncture can be used as an evidence-based adjunct therapy for a variety of indications in professional football. This review summarizes various acupuncture techniques and related techniques for utilization in the field of professional soccer. Besides knee, shoulder, spinal, elbow and postoperative pain, scientific meta-analyses also point towards the effectiveness of acupuncture in ankle sprains, allergic rhinoconjunctivitis and nausea. Dry needling is an emerging option for treatment of myofascial trigger points and could potentially result in improved prevention of muscular injuries and enhancement of muscular performance.

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Effects of Acupuncture on Symptoms and Muscle Function in Delayed-Onset Muscle Soreness

Abstract: Although acupuncture seemed to have no effects on mechanical pain threshold and muscle function, it proved to reduce perceived pain arising from exercise-induced muscle soreness.

Cited by 59 publications

References 26 publications

Effects of Acupuncture on Sensory Perception: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Effects of Acupuncture on Sensory Perception: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Issues of design and statistical analysis in controlled clinical acupuncture trials: an analysis of English‐language reports from Western journals

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