title: The clinical response of 328 private patients to acupuncture therapy.
abstract: It is the attempt of this study to determine the efficacy of response to acupuncture at 24 hours, one week, and three week intervals at the end of a series of treatments in 328 patients. Treated for a variety of disorders, approximately 60% had satisfactory responses of up to 3 weeks duration. The 328 patients were classified into 13 categories of problem disorders: headaches, cervical pain, lumbar pain without radiation, lumbar pain with radiation, isolated sciatica, parathoracic pain, knee pain, elbow pain, shoulder pain, gereralized musculoskeletal pains (rheumatism), neurological disorders, and a general miscellaneous category. The problem disorders were then arranged into etiological categories. In general for each problem disorder, except for neurological, the average response ranged in the 60-65% range at the third week interval.
mesh_terms: D015670:Acupuncture Therapy; D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000150:complications; D001416:Back Pain / Q000628:therapy; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006261:Headache / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D009437:Neuralgia / Q000628:therapy; D010003:Osteoarthritis / Q000150:complications; D010007:Osteochondritis / Q000150:complications; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology; D059408:Pain Management; D013035:Spasm / Q000628:therapy