Controlled trial of acupuncture for disabling breathlessness
Item
Title
Controlled trial of acupuncture for disabling breathlessness
Author(s)
Journal Publication
Date
1986
volume
2(8521-22)
pages
1416-1419
Research Type
RCT
Keywords
Abstract
In a randomised controlled trial, twelve matched pairs of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease received traditional Chinese acupuncture or placebo acupuncture. After three weeks' treatment the traditional-acupuncture group showed significantly greater benefit in terms of subjective scores of breathlessness and six-minute walking distance. Objective measures of lung function were unchanged in either group. Whether these differences are mediated by endogenous opiate and/or peptide release remains speculative
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has health condition studied
Respiratory Tract Diseases
plan
>1/WK
has study population number
26
has duration
3 Weeks