Recently Published Research

The below articles have been posted on PUBMED in the last month. In the last 12 months there have been more than 900 articles published.

  1. Cardenas DD, Felix ER. Pain after Spinal Cord Injury: A Review of Classification, Treatment Approaches, and Treatment Assessment. PM R. 2009 Sep 30. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 19797006.
  2. Brown CA, Jones AK. Physiological mechanisms of acupuncture: Beyond placebo? Pain. 2009 Sep 29. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 19796877.
  3. Kersten P, White PJ, Tennant A. Construct Validity of the Holistic Complementary and Alternative Medicines Questionnaire (HCAMQ)--An Investigation Using Modern Psychometric Approaches. Evid Based Complement Alternat Med. 2009 Sep 30. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 19793835.
  4. Beissner F, Henke C. Methodological Problems in fMRI Studies on Acupuncture: A Critical Review With Special Emphasis on Visual and Auditory Cortex Activations. Evid Based Complement Alternat Med. 2009 Sep 30. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 19793834.
  5. Miao EY. Algodystrophy Treated with Needle-Free Electroacupuncture and Raw Chinese Herbal Decoction: A Case Report and Review of Literature. J Altern Complement Med. 2009 Sep 28. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 19785531.
  6. Ann O'Brien K, Abbas E, Movsessian P, Hook M, Komesaroff PA, Birch S. Investigating the Reliability of Japanese Toyohari Meridian Therapy Diagnosis. J Altern Complement Med. 2009 Sep 28. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 19785529.
  7. von Guttenberg Y, Spickett J. A survey of occupational exposure to blood and body fluids in physiotherapists in Western Australia. Asia Pac J Public Health. 2009 Oct;21(4):508-19. PubMed PMID: 19783564.
  8. Sherman KJ, Cherkin DC, Ichikawa L, Avins AL, Barlow WE, Khalsa PS, Deyo RA. Characteristics of patients with chronic back pain who benefit from acupuncture. BMC Musculoskelet Disord. 2009 Sep 21;10(1):114. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 19772583.
  9. Shakeel M, Trinidade A, Ah-See KW. Complementary and alternative medicine use by otolaryngology patients: a paradigm for practitioners in all surgical specialties. Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol. 2009 Sep 22. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 19771443.
  10. Hunt K, Ernst E. Evidence-based practice in British complementary and alternative medicine: double standards? J Health Serv Res Policy. 2009 Oct;14(4):219-23. PubMed PMID: 19770119.
  11. Sertel S, Bergmann Z, Ratzlaff K, Baumann I, Greten HJ, Plinkert PK. Acupuncture for nasal congestion: A prospective, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical pilot study. Am J Rhinol Allergy. 2009 Sep 18. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 19769799.
  12. Ahsin S, Saleem S, Bhatti AM, Iles RK, Aslam M. Clinical and endocrinological changes after electro-acupuncture treatment in patients with osteoarthritis of the knee. Pain. 2009 Sep 17. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 19766392.
  13. Silberstein M. The cutaneous intrinsic visceral afferent nervous system: A new model for acupuncture analgesia. J Theor Biol. 2009 Sep 16. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 19765595.
  14. Wu HG, Liu HR, Zhang ZA, Zhou EH, Wang XM, Jiang B, Shi Z, Zhou CL, Qi L, Ma XP. Electro-acupuncture relieves visceral sensitivity and decreases hypothalamic corticotropin-releasing hormone levels in a rat model of irritable bowel syndrome. Neurosci Lett. 2009 Sep 16. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 19765402.
  15. Downey L, Tyree PT, Huebner CE, Lafferty WE. Pediatric Vaccination and Vaccine-Preventable Disease Acquisition: Associations with Care by Complementary and Alternative Medicine Providers. Matern Child Health J. 2009 Sep 17. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 19760163.
  16. Chao LF, Zhang AL, Liu HE, Cheng MH, Lam HB, Lo SK. The efficacy of acupoint stimulation for the management of therapy-related adverse events in patients with breast cancer: a systematic review. Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2009 Sep 17. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 19760035.
  17. Kang X, Chao D, Gu Q, Ding G, Wang Y, Balboni G, Lazarus LH, Xia Y. delta-Opioid receptors protect from anoxic disruption of Na(+) homeostasis via Na (+) channel regulation. Cell Mol Life Sci. 2009 Sep 11. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 19756387.
  18. Taspinar A, Sirin A. Effect of acupressure on chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting in gynecologic cancer patients in Turkey. Eur J Oncol Nurs. 2009 Sep 10. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 19748316.
  19. Sharma A, Cheam E. Acupuncture in the management of post-partum headache following neuraxial analgesia. Int J Obstet Anesth. 2009 Oct;18(4):417-9. Epub 2009 Aug 8. PubMed PMID: 19665883.
  20. Burnstock G. Acupuncture: a novel hypothesis for the involvement of purinergic signalling. Med Hypotheses. 2009 Oct;73(4):470-2. Epub 2009 Jul 22. PubMed PMID: 19628336.
  21. Park DS, Huh JE, Baek YH. Therapeutic effect of Aralia cordata extracts on cartilage protection in collagenase-induced inflammatory arthritis rabbit model. J Ethnopharmacol. 2009 Sep 7;125(2):207-17. Epub 2009 Jul 18. PubMed PMID: 19619632.
  22. Meissner W. The role of acupuncture and transcutaneous-electrical nerve stimulation for postoperative pain control. Curr Opin Anaesthesiol. 2009 Oct;22(5):623-6. PubMed PMID: 19593119.
  23. Jeong I, Kim BS, Lee H, Lee KM, Shim I, Kang SK, Yin CS, Hahm DH. Prolonged analgesic effect of PLGA-encapsulated bee venom on formalin-induced pain in rats. Int J Pharm. 2009 Oct 1;380(1-2):62-6. Epub 2009 Jul 3. PubMed PMID: 19577620.
  24. Higashimura Y, Shimoju R, Maruyama H, Kurosawa M. Electro-acupuncture improves responsiveness to insulin via excitation of somatic afferent fibers in diabetic rats. Auton Neurosci. 2009 Oct 5;150(1-2):100-3. Epub 2009 Jun 24. PubMed PMID: 19556171.
  25. Chae Y, Lee H, Kim H, Kim CH, Chang DI, Kim KM, Park HJ. Parsing brain activity associated with acupuncture treatment in Parkinson's diseases. Mov Disord. 2009 Sep 15;24(12):1794-802. PubMed PMID: 19533753.
  26. Ishizaki N, Okushi N, Yano T, Yamamura Y. Improvement in glucose tolerance as a result of enhanced insulin sensitivity during electroacupuncture in spontaneously diabetic Goto-Kakizaki rats. Metabolism. 2009 Oct;58(10):1372-8. Epub 2009 Jun 18. PubMed PMID: 19501858.
  27. Millereau M, Branger B, Darcel F. [Fetal version by acupuncture (moxibustion) versus control group.]. J Gynecol Obstet Biol Reprod (Paris). 2009 Oct;38(6):481-7. Epub 2009 Jun 4. French. PubMed PMID: 19500919.
  28. Hwang JI, Park HA. Exploring the usability of the ISO reference terminology model for nursing actions in representing oriental nursing actions. Int J Med Inform. 2009 Oct;78(10):656-62. Epub 2009 May 30. PubMed PMID: 19482511.
  29. Garcia MK, Chiang JS, Cohen L, Liu M, Palmer JL, Rosenthal DI, Wei Q, Tung S, Wang C, Rahlfs T, Chambers MS. Acupuncture for radiation-induced xerostomia in patients with cancer: a pilot study. Head Neck. 2009 Oct;31(10):1360-8. PubMed PMID: 19378325.
  30. Gaul C, Eismann R, Schmidt T, May A, Leinisch E, Wieser T, Evers S, Henkel K, Franz G, Zierz S. Use of complementary and alternative medicine in patients suffering from primary headache disorders. Cephalalgia. 2009 Oct;29(10):1069-78. Epub 2009 Apr 2. PubMed PMID: 19366356.
  31. Dong H, Fan YH, Zhang W, Wang Q, Yang QZ, Xiong LZ. Repeated electroacupuncture preconditioning attenuates matrix metalloproteinase-9 expression and activity after focal cerebral ischemia in rats. Neurol Res. 2009 Oct;31(8):853-8. Epub 2009 Mar 11. PubMed PMID: 19278575.
  32. Zhou EH, Liu HR, Wu HG, Shi Z, Zhang W, Zhu Y, Shi DR, Zhou S. Down-regulation of protein and mRNA expression of IL-8 and ICAM-1 in colon tissue of ulcerative colitis patients by partition-herb moxibustion. Dig Dis Sci. 2009 Oct;54(10):2198-206. Epub 2008 Dec 13. PubMed PMID: 19083096.
  33. Dunning J, Rushton A. The effects of cervical high-velocity low-amplitude thrust manipulation on resting electromyographic activity of the biceps brachii muscle. Man Ther. 2009 Oct;14(5):508-13. Epub 2008 Nov 21. PubMed PMID: 19027344.