Check out the new #Acu-Track #acupuncture #research #podcast! The first episode summarizes the current evidence-base for acupuncture, the challenges and the future.
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Off the back of the Society for Acupuncture Research (#SAR) conference (2021), in this episode Nick and Spod discuss the current state of the evidence-base for acupuncture.

They exploring questions including:
- Where is the #evidence for acupuncture strongest and where is there potential?
- What are some of the key issues in the field such as #placebo?
- Where does the future of acupuncture research lie?

References from the show:
1) Efficacy for chronic pain (MacPherson and Charlesworth, 2020; Vickers et al., 2018):
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29198932/ and https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33362893/
2) Efficacy for migraines (Zhao et al., 2017): https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/fullarticle/2603492
3) UK NICE guidelines chronic pain (National Institute for Clinical Excellence NICE, 2021):
https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng193/evidence/acupuncture-in-people-with-chronic-primary-pain-pdf-9075291805
4) Acupuncture and mechanical placebos (Kaptchuk, 2020): https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33362886/
5) Future directions for acupuncture research (Schnyer and Hullender Rubin, 2020): https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33362894/
6) Acupuncture reducing risk of coronary heart disease in osteoarthritis patients (Ton et al., 2021):
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32744906/
7) Acupuncture and anti-inflammatory pathways (Liu et al., 2020): https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32791039/
8) Acupuncture for carpal tunnel syndrome (Maeda et al., 2017): https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28334999/
9) Acupuncture and fibromyalgia RCT and neuroimaging (Mawla et al., 2021): https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33314799/

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