Complementary therapies in medicine
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Complement Ther Med · Mar 2003
Randomized Controlled Trial Clinical TrialThe impact of site specificity and needle manipulation on changes to pain pressure threshold following manual acupuncture: a controlled study.
To investigate the contribution of two principal features that underlie traditional Chinese acupuncture: site specificity and application of needle manipulation. ⋯ Both manipulation and site of needling contributed significantly to the elevation of PPT following acupuncture. Distribution of effects on PPT did not support either neural segmental or Traditional Chinese Medicine channel theories. Psychological and physiological nonspecific effects appeared to play a minimal role in changes to PPT.