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Acupuncture for osteoarthritis: additional references

The following references are additional to those already listed in the evidence summary for "Acupuncture for osteoarthritis", listed on the following website: www.cam.org.nz.

  1. Aiwen, L. (1996). The use of warm needle acupuncture plus cupping therapy for chronic low back pain involving osteoarthritic hyperostosis. American Journal of Acupuncture, 24, 5-10.
  2. Alternatives for arthritis: do unconventional treatments offer new options for an old scourge? Consumer Reports Health Letter, 2000; 12, 6-9.
  3. Anonymous (1975). Letter: Acupuncture for osteoarthritic pain. New England Journal of Medicine, 293, 1048-1049.
  4. Anonymous (1998). NIH Consensus Conference. Acupuncture. Journal American Medical Association, 280, 1518-1524.
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  6. Anonymous (Undated). Non-pharmacological interventions for osteoarthritis. Available from: http://www.jr2.ox.ac.uk/bandolier/booth/painpag/Chronrev/OARA/CP011.html. Oxford.
  7. Arichi, S., Arichi, H., & Toda, S. (1983). Acupuncture and rehabilitation (III) effects of acupuncture applied to the normal side on osteoarthritis deformans and rheumatoid arthritis of the knee and on disorders in motility of the knee joint after cerebral hemorrhage and thrombosis. American Journal of Chinese Medicine, 11, 146-149.
  8. Baird, C. L. (2001). First-line treatment for osteoarthritis: part 2: nonpharmacologic interventions and evaluation. Orthopaedic Nursing, 20, 13-20.
  9. Berman, B. M., Lao, L., Greene, M., Anderson, R. W., Wong, R. H., Langenberg, P., & Hochberg, M. C. (1995). Efficacy of traditional Chinese acupuncture in the treatment of symptomatic knee osteoarthritis: A pilot study. Osteoarthritis & Cartilage, 3, 139-142.
  10. Camp, V. (1992). Acupuncture of the knee. Acupuncture in Medicine, 10, 57-62.
  11. Chen, K. Q. (1998). Acupuncture in the treatment of shoulder periarthritis. International Journal of Clinical Acupuncture, 9, 329-331.
  12. Christensen, B. V., Juhl, I. U., Wilbek, H., Bulow, H. H., Dreijer, N. C., & Rasmussen, H. F. (1993). [Acupuncture treatment of knee arthrosis. A long-term study]Danish. Ugeskrift for Laeger, 155, 4007-4011.
  13. Chun-li, F., Dong-mei, F., Xue-mei, F., & Xiao-dong, F. (1995). Contralateral needling in treatment of shoulder arthritis: report on 343 cases. International Journal of Clinical Acupuncture, 6, 219-220.
  14. Cotter, A. C., Camardese, M. B., & Rigassio, D. (2001). Complementary and alternative medicine approaches to pain management in osteoarthritis. Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation: State of the Art Reviews, 15, 157-174.
  15. Creamer, P., Singh, B. B., Hochberg, M. C., & Berman, B. M. (1999). Are psychosocial factors related to response to acupuncture among patients with knee osteoarthritis? Alternative Therapies in Health & Medicine, 5, 72-76.
  16. Cui, S. G. (1997). Acupuncture treatment of proliferative osteoarthropathy. International Journal of Clinical Acupuncture, 8, 437-440.
  17. Cummings, M. (2000). Acupuncture for fibromyalgia and osteoarthritis... commentary on Berman BM, Swyers JP, Ezzo J. The evidence for acupuncture as a treatment for rheumatologic conditions. Rheumatic Diseases Clinics of North America 2000;26:103-15. Acupuncture in Medicine, 18, 128.
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  20. Felson, D. T., Lawrence, R. C., Hochberg, M. C., McAlindon, T., Dieppe, P. A., Minor, M. A., Blair, S. N., Berman, B. M., Fries, J. F., Weinberger, M., Lorig, K. R., Jacobs, J. J., & Goldberg, V. (2000). Osteoarthritis: new insights. Part 2: treatment approaches. Annals of Internal Medicine, 133, 726-737.
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  22. Filshie, J. (2001). Safety aspects of acupuncture in palliative care. Acupuncture in Medicine, 19, 117-122.
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  24. Fink, M. G., Kunsebeck, H. W., & Wippermann, B. (2000). [Effect of needle acupuncture on pain perception and functional impairment of patients with coxarthrosis] German. Zeitschrift fur Rheumatologie, 59, 191-199.
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  27. Greene, M. K., Berman, B. K., Lao, L., Wong, R., Anderson, R. W., Langenberg, P., & Hochberg, M. C. (1994). Efficacy of Acupuncture in osteoarthritis (OA) of the knee - a 24-week pilot-study. Arthritis and Rheumatism, 37, R31-R31.
  28. Greene, M. K., Berman, B. L., Lao, L., Anderson, R. W., Langenberg, P., & Hochberg, M. C. (1993). Efficacy of acupuncture in osteoarthritis of the knee - a pilot-study. Clinical Research, 41, A616-A616.
  29. Greene, M. K., Berman, B. M., Lao, L., Wong, R., Anderson, R. W., Langenberg, P., & Hochberg, M. C. (1994). Efficacy of acupuncture in elders with osteoarthritis of the knee - a 24-week pilot-study. Clinical Research, 42, A218-A218.
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  72. Wang, K. (1994). Clinical observation on 116 cases of gonococcal arthritis treated with acupuncture. International Journal of Clinical Acupuncture, 5, 163-167.
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