Acupuncture (superficial dry-needling) as a treatment for chronic postherpetic neuralgia - a randomized clinical trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Postherpetic neuralgia is a painful condition where finding sufficient treatment poses a great challenge. Acupuncture is often used as an alternative treatment for these pains, yet no randomized trials, using a sham-placebo have been performed to confirm its effect. Our objective was to investigate the efficacy of acupuncture compared to sham-acupuncture when treating chronic postherpetic dermal pain.

Methods

We performed a sham-controlled double-blinded randomized clinical trial (RCT) with two arms. The intervention group received superficial dry-needling, and the control group received sham acupuncture using blunted needles. Twenty-six patients received two treatments. They filled out questionnaires at baseline and 1 month after treatment: (1) average and maximu

SUBMITTER: Sollie M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8801694 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature