Acupuncture
Subtitle: theories and evidence
By: edited by Hong Hai
Publisher: World Scientific
Published: 2013
Place of publication: New Jersey
Language: eng
Number of pages: 178
ISBN-13: 9789814452014
Subjects: Acupuncture
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Mechanisms of acupuncture in pain : a physiological perspective in a clinical context / Thomas Lundeberg; title: Traditionally based systems of acupuncture : their explanatory nature, models, needs and requirements for testing them / Stephen Birch; title: The ontological status of meridians / Hong Hai; title: Modern scientific explanation of traditional acupuncture theory / Ching-Liang Hsieh; title: Cognitive neuroscience, acupuncture and pain treatment, does a sting always hurt? / Konstantina Theodoratou; title: Frequent weaknesses in acupuncture trials / Edzard Ernst; title: The complexities inherent in placebo-controlled acupuncture studies / Lao Lixing and Zhang Ruixin; title: Research methodology in acupuncture / Lee Tat Leang and Zheng Zhen; title: The use of placebos in acupuncture trials / Dylan Evans; title: Improving the quality of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) in acupuncture / Bian Zhaoxiang ... [et al.]; title: Acupuncture treatment for addiction / Leung Ping Cheung ... [et al.]; title: Dense cranial electroacupuncture stimulation for neuropsychiatric disorders : rationale and clinical application / Zhang Zhang-Jin and Man Sui-Cheung.