{"title":"Report on the 32nd International TCM Congress in Rothenburg odT, Germany","authors":"","doi":"10.1054/caom.2001.0124","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1054/caom.2001.0124","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":100265,"journal":{"name":"Clinical Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine","volume":"3 1","pages":"Pages 72-73"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2002-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1054/caom.2001.0124","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"92007173","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Integrating science and religion — implications for the scientific understanding of Chinese medicine. Part I: An essay review of The Marriage of Sense and Soul: Integrating Science and Religion, by Ken Wilber","authors":"Belinda J. Anderson PhD","doi":"10.1054/caom.2001.0121","DOIUrl":"10.1054/caom.2001.0121","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":100265,"journal":{"name":"Clinical Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine","volume":"3 1","pages":"Pages 51-58"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2002-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1054/caom.2001.0121","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76048528","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Lorna K.P. Suen RN, BN, MPH, PhD , Thomas K.S. Wong RN, Dip T (N Ed.), B Ed (Soc.), PhD , Albert W.N. Leung B.Sc (Hons), PhD
{"title":"Auricular therapy using magnetic pearls on sleep: a standardized protocol for the elderly with insomnia","authors":"Lorna K.P. Suen RN, BN, MPH, PhD , Thomas K.S. Wong RN, Dip T (N Ed.), B Ed (Soc.), PhD , Albert W.N. Leung B.Sc (Hons), PhD","doi":"10.1054/caom.2001.0113","DOIUrl":"10.1054/caom.2001.0113","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Objective: To examine the effectiveness of a standardized protocol of auricular therapy using magnetic pearls administered for the elderly diagnosed as having insomnia of either ‘excessive’ or ‘deficiency’ in nature.</p><p>Design: Pre-test post-test design.</p><p>Setting: Twelve hostels for the elderly in Hong Kong.</p><p>Subjects: Sixty elderly participants of 60 or above who were all suffering from sleep disturbances provided the data for this study.</p><p>Interventions: Auricular therapy using magnetic pearls was administered to selected acupoints of the participants. The treatment protocol consisted of 3-day baseline measurement, 3-week auricular therapy, and 3-day post treatment monitoring.</p><p>Outcome measures: Objective sleep parameters using actigraphic monitoring were collected before, during and after the treatment protocol.</p><p>Results: Significant improvement in nocturnal sleep time (NST) (F<sub>2,118</sub> = 16.17,<em>P</em> < 0.001) and sleep efficiency (SE) (F<sub>2,118</sub> = 27.50, <em>P</em> < 0.001) could be found among participants during and after the therapy. No significant difference in the effect of the therapy in terms of SE could be observed between clients with ‘excessive’ and ‘deficiency’ syndrome even when the treatment protocol was standardized (<em>t</em><sub>58</sub> = −0.41, <em>P</em> = 0.69).</p><p>Conclusion: A standardized protocol of auricular therapy using magnetic pearls for sleep improvement might be appropriate for the ageing population who are homogenous in terms of age and general health status.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100265,"journal":{"name":"Clinical Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine","volume":"3 1","pages":"Pages 39-50"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2002-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1054/caom.2001.0113","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"73753870","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Stephen Birch PhD LAc (USA) , Richard Hammerschlag , Kien Trinh , Chris Zaslawski
{"title":"The non-specific effects of acupuncture treatment: When and how to control for them","authors":"Stephen Birch PhD LAc (USA) , Richard Hammerschlag , Kien Trinh , Chris Zaslawski","doi":"10.1054/caom.2001.0118","DOIUrl":"10.1054/caom.2001.0118","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":100265,"journal":{"name":"Clinical Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine","volume":"3 1","pages":"Pages 20-25"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2002-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1054/caom.2001.0118","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"78247613","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Hugh MacPherson (Research Director) , Karen Sherman , Richard Hammerschlag , Stephen Birch , Lixing Lao , Christopher Zaslawski
{"title":"The clinical evaluation of traditional East Asian systems of medicine","authors":"Hugh MacPherson (Research Director) , Karen Sherman , Richard Hammerschlag , Stephen Birch , Lixing Lao , Christopher Zaslawski","doi":"10.1054/caom.2001.0117","DOIUrl":"10.1054/caom.2001.0117","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":100265,"journal":{"name":"Clinical Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine","volume":"3 1","pages":"Pages 16-19"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2002-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1054/caom.2001.0117","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"82210381","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Lixing Lao Ph.D. L.Ac. , Karen Sherman , Mark Bovey
{"title":"The role of acupuncture schools and individual practitioners in acupuncture research","authors":"Lixing Lao Ph.D. L.Ac. , Karen Sherman , Mark Bovey","doi":"10.1054/caom.2001.0120","DOIUrl":"10.1054/caom.2001.0120","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":100265,"journal":{"name":"Clinical Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine","volume":"3 1","pages":"Pages 32-38"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2002-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1054/caom.2001.0120","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"80626223","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Letter from Beijing","authors":"","doi":"10.1054/caom.2001.0122","DOIUrl":"10.1054/caom.2001.0122","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":100265,"journal":{"name":"Clinical Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine","volume":"3 1","pages":"Pages 1-5"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2002-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1054/caom.2001.0122","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"58471243","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Hugh MacPherson (Co-ordinator for the STRICTA group) , Adrian White (Editor) , Mike Cummings (Editor) , Kim Jobst (Editor) , Ken Rose (Editor) , Richard Niemtzow (Editor)
{"title":"Standards for reporting interventions in controlled trials of acupuncture: the STRICTA recommendations","authors":"Hugh MacPherson (Co-ordinator for the STRICTA group) , Adrian White (Editor) , Mike Cummings (Editor) , Kim Jobst (Editor) , Ken Rose (Editor) , Richard Niemtzow (Editor)","doi":"10.1054/caom.2001.0114","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1054/caom.2001.0114","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Acupuncture treatment and control group interventions in parallel-group randomized trials of acupuncture are not always precisely reported. In an attempt to improve standards, an international group of experienced acupuncturists and researchers devised a set of recommendations, designating them STRICTA: <em>ST</em> andards for <em>R</em> eporting <em>I</em> nterventions in <em>C</em> ontrolled <em>T</em> rials of <em>A</em> cupuncture. In a further consensus-building round, the editors of several journals helped redraft the recommendations. These follow the CONSORT format, acting as an extension of the CONSORT guidelines for the specific requirements of acupuncture studies. Participating journals are publishing the STRICTA recommendations and requesting prospective authors to adhere to them when preparing reports for publication. Other journals are invited to adopt these recommendations. The intended outcome is that interventions in controlled trials of acupuncture will be more adequately reported, thereby facilitating an improvement in critical appraisal, analysis and replication of trials.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100265,"journal":{"name":"Clinical Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine","volume":"3 1","pages":"Pages 6-9"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2002-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1054/caom.2001.0114","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"137397196","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}