Aryana Libris

Author : Acupuncture Research Resource Centre
Title : Sports injuries and acupuncture The evidence for effectiveness
Year : 2005

Link download : Sports_injuries_and_acupuncture.zip

Summary. This briefing paper summarises the evidence for the effectiveness of acupuncture in the treatment of sports injuries. With the exception of tennis elbow, which is to be covered in a separate paper, none of the different injuries are covered by more than one or two published studies. Some of these are controlled trials and others uncontrolled and the quality is very variable. Nevertheless, all of the available evidence supports the effectiveness of acupuncture for treating sports injuries. ...