| Literature DB >> 2878274 |
K Jobst, J H Chen, K McPherson, J Arrowsmith, V Brown, J Efthimiou, H J Fletcher, G Maciocia, P Mole, K Shifrin.
Abstract
In a randomised controlled trial, twelve matched pairs of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease received traditional Chinese acupuncture or placebo acupuncture. After three weeks' treatment the traditional-acupuncture group showed significantly greater benefit in terms of subjective scores of breathlessness and six-minute walking distance. Objective measures of lung function were unchanged in either group. Whether these differences are mediated by endogenous opiate and/or peptide release remains speculative.Entities:
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Year: 1986 PMID： 2878274 DOI： 10.1016/s0140-6736(86)92732-7
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Lancet ISSN： 0140-6736 Impact factor: 79.321