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. 1987;12(1):37-44.
doi: 10.3727/036012987816358922.

Long-term therapeutic effects of electro-acupuncture for chronic neck and shoulder pain--a double blind study

Long-term therapeutic effects of electro-acupuncture for chronic neck and shoulder pain--a double blind study

A T Peng et al. Acupunct Electrother Res. 1987.

Abstract

Thirty-seven patients with chronic neck and shoulder pain were treated with a series of electro-acupuncture treatments. All patients had been unresponsive to previous conventional and placebo treatments for their pain. A double blind evaluation of acupuncture results and hypnotic profiles failed to demonstrate any correlation between the two. Twenty-four or 64.9% of our patients obtained significant long term improvement. An increase in regional microcirculation by peripheral sympathetic blockade from electro-acupuncture is thought to be responsible for the tissue healing and subsequent pain relief.

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