Acupuncture points are large fields: the fuzziness of acupuncture point localization by doctors in practiceA F Molsberger
German Acupuncture Research Group, Dusseldorf, Germany
Eur J Pain 16:1264-70. 2012
..Acupuncture textbooks, schools, practitioners and clinical researchers designing randomized controlled trials on acupuncture all assume that acupuncture points are small and must be located precisely...
[Acupuncture in orthopedics]A Molsberger
Orthopädische Praxis, Kasernenstr 1b, 40213, Dusseldorf, Deutschland
Orthopade 41:100-5. 2012
..Acupuncture is offered by at least 12,000 medical doctors and acupuncture is mostly used for locomotive disorders...
German Randomized Acupuncture Trial for chronic shoulder pain (GRASP) - a pragmatic, controlled, patient-blinded, multi-centre trial in an outpatient care environmentAlbrecht F Molsberger
Ruhr University Bochum, Orthopaedic Surgery and Research, 44780 Bochum, Germany
Pain 151:146-54. 2010
..The trial indicates that Chinese acupuncture is an effective alternative to conventional orthopaedic treatment for CSP...
An international expert survey on acupuncture in randomized controlled trials for low back pain and a validation of the low back pain acupuncture scoreAlbrecht Molsberger
Kasernenstr 1b, 40213 Düsseldorf, Germany
Eur J Med Res 16:133-8. 2011
..Objective: To determine how international experts (IES) rate the quality of acupuncture in RCTs of cLBP; independent international validation of the Low Back Pain Acupuncture Score (LBPAS)...
Does acupuncture improve the orthopedic management of chronic low back pain--a randomized, blinded, controlled trial with 3 months follow upAlbrecht F Molsberger
Orthopedic Surgery and Research, Kasernenstr 1b, 40213, Dusseldorf, Germany
Pain 99:579-87. 2002
..001). No difference was found in the mobility of the patients nor in the intake of NSAID diclofenac. Our conclusion is that acupuncture can be an important supplement of conservative orthopedic treatment in the management of chronic LBP...
Designing an acupuncture study to meet evidence-based medical criteria: methodological considerations for logistic design and development of treatment interventions arising from the German randomized controlled acupuncture trial on chronic shoulder pain (Albrecht F Molsberger
Forschungsgruppe Akupunktur, Kasernenstr 1b, D 40213 Düsseldorf, Germany
Eur J Med Res 9:405-11. 2004
..The latter represents a prerequisite for reproducibility, constituting a critical component of rigorous efficacy trials in scientific acupuncture research...
Chinese acupuncture for chronic low back pain: an international expert surveyAlbrecht F Molsberger
Acupuncture Research Group, Dusseldorf, Germany
J Altern Complement Med 14:1089-95. 2008
..However, little is known about how practitioners perform acupuncture treatment in daily clinical work and whether treatment styles differ among practitioners and countries...