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Originally Posted by troutman
I imagine the review describes which studies were specifically about muscle stiffness.
We could search for scientific studies on muscle stiffness, but I wouldn't hold my breath on there being quality studies proving effectiveness, as the entire theory underlying accupuncture is just so much woo (qi and energy fields?).
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The review talks about acupuncture as it relates to pain. I can entirely agree that it's pretty convincing that there is no conclusive evidence that acupuncture fairs better than a placebo
when treating pain. And obviously, the junk about energy fields and crap isn't scientifically backed either.
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Originally Posted by Photon
Sure, and that would be in the details of the review. And it does explicitly say "pain control" (that and it's in a journal about pain).
Where does it give the conclusion that "all acupuncture lacks efficacy"? It seems to be saying that there's a lack of evidence of efficacy.
What the abstract says is that out of the 57 systematic reviews reviewed it only got unanimous positive conclusions from more than one high quality study in once condition: neck pain. Which tells me in the paper they do exactly what you seem to be complaining they aren't.
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Let me choose my words more carefully. Like I said above, it's pretty convincing that acupuncture fairs better than a placebo
when treating pain. This thread, however, seems to be interpreting the article as concluding that there is little evidence to suggest that acupuncture has efficacy in treating
anything. I'm mainly speaking for muscle stiffness.
While I don't know much at all about acupuncture, I do know that physiotherapy is a field that uses treatments based on science, and I would hope that the field would not promote use of unproven treatments. Acupuncture in physiotherapy is not about "energy fields" or whatnot, it's about "waking up" tense muscles by stimulation, blood flow, etc.
There have been a few claims in this thread that physiotherapy acupuncture has helped with injuries, rehab, etc, and people have dismissed the claims citing the article. I would hope the scientists of CP would do better to refute such claims instead of just citing said, vague articles.