Meeting Marks 10th Anniversary of NIH Acupuncture Conference
Bibliography
The following are selected papers by major speakers (names in bold) at the Society for Acupuncture Research 2007 Annual Conference, "The Status and Future of Acupuncture Research: 10 Years Post-NIH Consensus Conference." For abstracts (brief summaries) of these and other papers, go to the PubMed database at www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez or contact the NCCAM Clearinghouse. An asterisk (*) indicates that the conference speaker is also an NCCAM grant recipient.
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*Coeytaux RR, Kaufman JS, Kaptchuk TJ, et al. A randomized, controlled trial of acupuncture for chronic daily headache. Headache. 2005;45(9):1113–1123.
*Hammerschlag R. Acupuncture: on what should its evidence base be based? Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine. 2003;9(5):34–35.
*Harris RE, Clauw DJ, Scott DJ, et al. Decreased central mu-opioid receptor availability in fibromyalgia. Journal of Neuroscience. 2007;27(37):10000–10006.
*Langevin HM, Bouffard NA, Churchill DL, et al. Connective tissue fibroblast response to acupuncture: dose-dependent effect of bidirectional needle rotation. Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine. 2007;13(3):355–360.
*Langevin HM, Hammerschlag R, Lao L, et al. Controversies in acupuncture research: selection of controls and outcome measures in acupuncture clinical trials. Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine. 2006;12(10):943–953.
*Li A, Wang Y, Xin J, Lao L, et al. Electroacupuncture suppresses hyperalgesia and spinal Fos expression by activating the descending inhibitory system. Brain Research. 2007;1186:171–179.
*Li XM. Traditional Chinese herbal remedies for asthma and food allergy. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. 2007;120(1):25–31.
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Tjen-A-Looi SC, Li P, Longhurst JC. Role of medullary GABA, opioids, and nociceptin in prolonged inhibition of cardiovascular sympathoexcitatory reflexes during electroacupuncture in cats. American Journal of Physiology. Heart and Circulatory Physiology. 2007;293(6):H3627–H3635.
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*Manheimer E, Linde K, Lao L, et al. Meta-analysis: acupuncture for osteoarthritis of the knee. Annals of Internal Medicine. 2007;146(12):868–877.
Molsberger AF, Boewing G, Diener HC, et al. Designing an acupuncture study: the nationwide, randomized, controlled, German acupuncture trials on migraine and tension-type headache. Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine. 2006;12(3):237–245.
*Nahin RL, Dahlhamer JM, Taylor BL, et al.: see page x of this issue.
*Napadow V, Kettner N, Liu J, et al. Hypothalamus and amygdala response to acupuncture stimuli in carpal tunnel syndrome. Pain. 2007;130(3):254–266.
Lee H, Park HJ, Park J, et al. Acupuncture application for neurological disorders. Neurological Research. 2007;29(suppl 1):49S–54S.
Oleson T. Auriculotherapy stimulation for neuro-rehabilitation. NeuroRehabilitation. 2002;17(1):49–62.
Paterson C. Measuring changes in self-concept: a qualitative evaluation of outcome questionnaires in people having acupuncture for their chronic health problems. BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine. 2006;6:7.
*Cherkin DC, Sherman KJ, Deyo RA, et al. A review of the evidence for the effectiveness, safety, and cost of acupuncture, massage therapy, and spinal manipulation for back pain. Annals of Internal Medicine. 2003;138(11):898–906.
Smith CA, Coyle ME. Recruitment and implementation strategies in randomised controlled trials of acupuncture and herbal medicine in women's health. Complementary Therapies in Medicine. 2006;14(1):81–86.
Stener-Victorin E, Humaidan P. Use of acupuncture in female infertility and a summary of recent acupuncture studies related to embryo transfer. Acupuncture in Medicine. 2006;24(4):157–163.
*Sung JJ, Leung WK, Ching JY, et al. Agreements among traditional Chinese medicine practitioners in the diagnosis and treatment of irritable bowel syndrome. Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics. 2004;20(10):1205–1210.
Deng G, Vickers A, Yeung S, et al. Randomized, controlled trial of acupuncture for the treatment of hot flashes in breast cancer patients. Journal of Clinical Oncology. 2007;(35):5584–5590.
