title: Acupuncture for chronic pain.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Is acupuncture associated with reduced pain outcomes for patients with chronic pain compared with sham-acupuncture (placebo) or no-acupuncture control?
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Acupuncture is associated with improved pain outcomes compared with sham-acupuncture and no-acupuncture control, with response rates of approximately 30% for no acupuncture, 42.5% for sham acupuncture, and 50% for acupuncture.
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York.
authors.forename: Andrew J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Vickers
authors.affiliation: Technical University, Munich, Germany.
authors.forename: Klaus
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Linde
mesh_terms: D015670:Acupuncture Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D059350:Chronic Pain / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans