Journal of Acupuncture Research

Korean Acupuncture & Moxibustion Medicine Society (대한침구의학회)
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Review of the Acupuncture Randomized Trials(ART) and the Acupuncture in Routine Care(ARC): the Acupuncture Trials in Germany

독일에서 수행된 대규모의 침 치료 임상연구 Acupuncture Randomized Trials와 the Acupuncture in Routine Care에 대한 고찰

  • Han, Kuk In (Department of Korean Medicine, College of Korean Medicine, Woosuk University) ;
  • Yoon, Ju Yeon (Department of Korean Medicine, College of Korean Medicine, Woosuk University) ;
  • Jeong, Jin Su (Department of Korean Medicine, College of Korean Medicine, Woosuk University) ;
  • Lee, Seung Ho (Department of Herbal Medicine, College of Korean Medicine, Woosuk University) ;
  • Jang, In Soo (Department of Internal Medicine, College of Korean Medicine, Woosuk University)
  • 한국인 (우석대학교 한의과대학 한의학과) ;
  • 윤주연 (우석대학교 한의과대학 한의학과) ;
  • 정진수 (우석대학교 한의과대학 한의학과) ;
  • 이승호 (우석대학교 한의과대학 본초학교실) ;
  • 장인수 (우석대학교 한의과대학 한방내과학교실)
  • Received : 2013.11.12
  • Accepted : 2013.11.27
  • Published : 2013.12.20
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Abstract

Objectives : The purpose is to review large-scale clinical researches, the acupuncture randomized trials(ART) and the acupuncture in routine care(ARC), concerning efficacy and effectiveness of acupuncture performed in Germany. Methods and Results : We have reviewed the studies that were searched by keyword 'acupuncture' as the title and'Witt CM' as one of the main authors in PubMed. Sixteen clinical reports focused on the ART and ARC studies were analyzed among all thirty six were searched. Six studies were related with the ART and eight were focused on the ARC, and other two were on both. Finally, across all researches except osteoarthritis of knee trials in the ART, compared the acupuncture group with the control were significantly improved. On the other hand, ARC showed that additional acupuncture plus routine care was more effective than routine care alone and the response to treatment of the non-randomized group did not differ the one of the randomized acupuncture group. Conclusions : The results may suggest that acupuncture treatment has obvious clinical effectiveness. These results are expected to inspire domestic research and clinical applications in Korea, and more rigorous research on the efficacy of acupuncture should be guaranteed.

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