Annals of internal medicine
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Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter Study Clinical Trial
Acupuncture versus placebo for the treatment of chronic mechanical neck pain: a randomized, controlled trial.
Despite substantial increases in its popularity and use, the efficacy of acupuncture for chronic mechanical neck pain remains unproved. ⋯ Acupuncture reduced neck pain and produced a statistically, but not clinically, significant effect compared with placebo. The beneficial effects of acupuncture for pain may be due to both nonspecific and specific effects.
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Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter Study Clinical Trial
Effectiveness of acupuncture as adjunctive therapy in osteoarthritis of the knee: a randomized, controlled trial.
Evidence on the efficacy of acupuncture for reducing the pain and dysfunction of osteoarthritis is equivocal. ⋯ Acupuncture seems to provide improvement in function and pain relief as an adjunctive therapy for osteoarthritis of the knee when compared with credible sham acupuncture and education control groups.