title: Acupuncture for Pain Management in Evidence-based Medicine.
abstract: Pain is an enormous and prevalent problem that troubles people of all ages worldwide. The effectiveness of acupuncture for pain management has been strongly verified by large randomized controlled trials (RCTs) and meta-analyses. Increasing numbers of patients with pain have accepted acupuncture treatment worldwide. However, some challenges exist in establishing evidence for the efficacy of acupuncture. A more applicable and innovative research methodology that can reflect the effect of acupuncture in the settings of daily clinical practice needs to be developed.
authors.affiliation: School of Chinese Medicine, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong, China.
authors.forename: Zhipeng
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Ning
authors.affiliation: School of Chinese Medicine, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China. Electronic address: lxlao1@hku.hk.
authors.forename: Lixing
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lao
mesh_terms: D015667:Acupuncture Analgesia / Q000379:methods*; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D059408:Pain Management / Q000379:methods*
keywords: acupuncture; evidence-based medicine; pain management; research methodology