Does needling sensation (de qi) affect treatment outcome in pain? Analysis of data from a larger single-blind, randomised controlled trial

Acupuncture in Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 120-125

  White, Peter ^a   Prescott, Philip ^a   Lewith, George ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHINESE MEDICINE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HIP OSTEOARTHRITIS; HUMAN; INNERVATION; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLE; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROPRIOCEPTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SKIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUPUNCTURE POINTS; ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLES; OSTEOARTHRITIS, HIP; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROPRIOCEPTION; QI; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; SKIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78049511463     PISSN: 09645284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/aim.2009.001768     Document Type: Article

References (23)

1. MacPherson H, Sinclair Lian N, Thomas K. Patients seeking care from acupuncture practitioners in the UK: a national survey. Complement Ther Med 2006;14:20-30.
2. Thomas K. Coleman R Use of complementary or alternative medicine in a general population in Great Britain. Results from the National Omnibus survey. J Public Health (Oxf 2004; 26:152-7.
3. Nahin R. Barnes R Stussman B. et al. Costs of Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) and Frequency of Visits to CAM Practitioners: United States. 2007. Report No 18. US Department of Health and Human Services. 2009.
4. Le Bars D, Villanueva L, Wilier J. et al. Diffuse noxious inhibitory controls (dnic) in animals and man. Acupunct Med 1991; 9: 47-56.
5. Melzack R. Myofascial trigger points: relation to acupuncture and mechanisms of pain. Arch Phys Med Rehabil 1981; 62: 114-17.
6. Lewith GT, White PJ, Pariente J. Investigating acupuncture using brain imaging techniques: the current state of play. Evid Based Complement Alternat Med 2005; 2: 315-19.
7. Foster JM, Sweeney BR The mechanisms of acupuncture analgesia. Br J Hosp Med 1987; 38: 308-12.
8. Vincent CA, Richardson PH, Black JJ, et al. The significance of needle placement site in acupuncture. J Psychosom Bes 1989,33:489-96.
9. White R Bishop F, Hardy H, et al. Southampton needle sensation questionnaire: development and validation of a measure to gauge acupuncture needle sensation. J Altern Complement Med 2008; 14: 373-9.
10. O'Connor J, Bensky D. Acupuncture a comprehensive text. Seattle, Washington, USA: Eastland Press. 1992.
11. MacPherson H, Asghar A. Acupuncture needle sensations associated with De Oi: a classification based on experts' ratings. J Altern Complement Med 2006;12:633-7.
12. Mao JJ, Farrar JT, Armstrong K, et al. De qi: Chinese acupuncture patients' experiences and beliefs regarding acupuncture needling sensation-an exploratory survey. Acupunct Med 2007.-25:158-65.
13. WilkA. The Necessity of Qi Sensation (DE QI). Med Acupunct 2001;13:47.
14. Park H, Park J, Lee H, et al. Does Deqi (needle sensation) exist? Am J Chin Med 2002; 30: 45-50.
15. MacPherson H, White A, Cummings M, et al.; STandards for Reporting Interventions in Controlled Trails of Acupuncture. Standards for reporting interventions in controlled trials of acupuncture: The STRICTA recommendations. STandards for Reporting Interventions in Controlled Trails of Acupuncture. Acupunct Med 2002; 20: 22-5.
16. White A. Editorial board of Acupuncture in Medicine. Western medical acupuncture: a definition. Acupunct Med 2009;27:33-5.
17. Liangyue D, Yijun G. Shuhui H.et al. Chinese acupuncture and moxibustion. 1st edn. Beijing: Foreign Languages Press, 1990.
18. Ellis N. Acupuncture in clinical practice. 1st edn. London: Chapman and Hall, 1999.
19. Streitberger K, Kleinhenz J. Introducing a placebo needle into acupuncture research. iancet 1998; 352: 364-5.
20. Kleinhenz J, Streitberger K, Windeler J, et al. Randomised clinical trial comparing the effects of acupuncture and a newly designed placebo needle in rotator cuff tendinitis. Pain 1999; 83: 235-41.
21. White R Lewith G. Hopwood V, et al. The placebo needle, is it a valid and convincing placebo for use in acupuncture trials? A randomised, single-blind, cross-over pilot trial. Pain 2003;106: 401-9.
22. Pariente J, White R Frackowiak RS. et al. Expectancy and belief modulate the neuronal substrates of pain treated by acupuncture. Neuroimage 2005. 25: 1161-7.
23. Melzack R. The McGill Pain Questionnaire: major properties and scoring methods. Pain 1975; 1: 277-99.