Medical acupuncture
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Medical acupuncture · Aug 2019
Battlefield Acupuncture and Physical Therapy Versus Physical Therapy Alone After Shoulder Surgery.
Objective: Opioid pain medications are commonly prescribed postsurgically for pain. Few studies have investigated the effects of Battlefield Acupuncture (BFA) on postsurgical pain and pain-medication use. To date, no studies have investigated BFA's effectiveness for reducing postoperative shoulder pain and pain-medication use post surgery. ⋯ Results: Significant differences in average and worst VAS pain change scores were noted between baseline and 7 days (P < 0.05). The main effect for time was significant (average and worst VAS pain) at all timepoints (P < 0.05), without time-group interactions seen. No significant differences between the groups in pain-medication use were observed (P > 0.05) Conclusions: BFA reduced postsurgical shoulder pain significantly between the groups' average and worst pain change scores between baseline and 7 days despite similar opioid and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug use between the groups.
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Medical acupuncture · Aug 2019
Battlefield Acupuncture Training in Residency: A Course That Gets to the Point.
Objective: Health care providers and patients in the United States have limited experience with acupuncture. A 2007 U. S. ⋯ Conclusions: Resident-physicians training in BFA techniques is effective. Residents had favorable attitudes toward this treatment and a minority intended to use the technique in their practice. BFA training can be incorporated easily in residency curricula.