Selected Controlled Trials
Ader L, Hansson B, Wallin G. Parturition pain treated by intracutaneous injections of sterile water. Pain 1990 May;41(2):133-8. Comment in: Pain 1991 May;45(2):220.
Anderson DG, Jamieson JL, Man SC. Analgesic effects of acupuncture on the pain of ice water: a double-blind study. Can J Psychol 1974 Jun;28(2):239-44.
Beckerman H, de Bie RA, Bouter LM, De Cuyper HJ, Oostendorp RA. The efficacy of laser therapy for musculoskeletal and skin disorders: a criteria-based meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials. Phys Ther 1992 Jul;72(7):483-91.
Berlin J, Erdman W, David E. Psychosomatic correlations in chronic pain patients using electroacupuncture. Am J Chin Med 1989;17(1-2):85-7.
Birch S, Hammerschlag R, Berman BM. Acupuncture in the treatment of pain. J Altern Complement Med 1996 Spring;2(1):101-24.
Brockhaus A, Elger CE. Hypalgesic efficacy of acupuncture on experimental pain in man. Comparison of laser acupuncture and needle acupuncture. Pain 1990 Nov;43(2):181-5.
Camerlain M, Leung CY, Santerre A, Munan L, Myhal D. [Evaluation of acupuncture in rheumatoid arthritis]. Union Med Can 1981 Dec;110(12):1041-4. (Fre).
Cassisi G, Roncaglione A, Ceccherelli F, Donolato C, Gagliardi G, Todesco S. Trattamento agopuncturale della fibromialgia primaria. Confronto con mianserina. G Ital Riflessoter Agopunt 1995;7(1):33-7. (Ita).
Cheng RS, Pomeranz B. Electrotheraphy of chronic musculoskeletal pain: comparison of electroacupuncture and acupuncture-like transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation. Clin J Pain 1986;2(3):143-9.
Chunxin Y, Jianghuai X, Changfa Y. Take pain threshold and electromyogram as objective index to observe therapeutic effect of acute soft tissue disease with acupuncture. World J Acupunct Moxibustion 1991 Jun;1(1):16-22.
Deluze C. [Electroacupuncture in the treatment of fibromyalgia syndrome: a prospective random study]. Dtsch Z Akupunktur 1993;36(4):81-6. (Ger).
Deluze C, Bosia L, Zirbs A, Chantraine A, Vischer TL. Electroacupuncture in fibromyalgia: results of a controlled trial. BMJ 1992 Nov 21;305(6864):1249-52. Comment in: BMJ 1993 Feb 6;306(6874):393.
Du X, Si H, Li X. Clinical study of moxibustion on the meridian Dumai in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis. AKU 1993;21(4):260-4.
Ernst E, Resch KL, Fialka V, Ritter-Dittrich D, Alcamioglu Y, Chen O, Leitha T, Kluger R. Traditional acupuncture for reflex sympathetic dystrophy: a randomised, sham-controlled, double-blind trial. Acupunct Med 1995 Nov;13(2):78-80.
Fialka V, Resch KL, Ritter-Dietrich D, Alacamlioglu Y, Chen O, Leitha T, Kluger R, Ernst E. Acupuncture for reflex sympathetic dystrophy [letter]. Arch Intern Med 1993 Mar 8;153(5):661, 665.
Fields HL. Pain II: new approaches to management. Ann Neurol 1981 Feb;9(2):101-6.
Gaw AC, Chang LW, Shaw L-C. Efficacy of acupuncture on osteoarthritic pain. A controlled, double-blind study. N Engl J Med 1975 Aug 21;293(8):375-8.
Godfrey CM, Morgan P. A controlled trial of the theory of acupuncture in musculoskeletal pain. J Rheumatol 1978 Summer;5(2):121-4.
Grabow L. Controlled study of the analgetic effectivity of acupuncture. Arzneimittelforschung 1994 Apr;44(4):554-8.
Hameroff SR, Crago BR, Blitt CD, Womble J, Kanel J. Comparison of bupivacaine, etidocaine, and saline for trigger-point therapy. Anesth Analg 1981 Oct;60(10):752-5.