NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. -
July 1, 2016 -
PRLog -- A study comparing the effectiveness of usual care alone to usual care plus either auricular or traditional Chinese acupuncture in treating patients with headaches due to a previous traumatic brain injury (TBI) showed a significant improvement in headache-related quality of life (QoL) with the addition of acupuncture. Auricular acupuncture had a greater overall impact on headache-related QoL than did traditional Chinese acupuncture, according to the study published in
Medical Acupuncture, a peer-reviewed journal from by
Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers (http://www.liebertpub.com/)
. The article is available free for download on the
Medical Acupuncture (http://online.liebertpub.com/
doi/full/10.1089/
acu.2016.1183)
website until July 29, 2016.
In the article "A Randomized Exploratory Study to Evaluate Two Acupuncture Methods for the Treatment of Headaches Associated with Traumatic Brain Injury (http://online.liebertpub.com/
doi/full/10.1089/
acu.2016.1183)
,"
Wayne Jonas, MD, and coauthors from Samueli Institute (Alexandria, VA), Integrative Healing, LLC (Hyattsville, MD), Walter Reed National Military Medical Center (Bethesda, MD), and Fort Belvoir Community Hospital (Fort Belvoir, VA), conducted the study in previously deployed members of the U.S. military who had mild to moderate TBI and headaches. Chronic or recurrent headache is reported by 80% of Service members with TBI. Participants in the 6-week study received usual care alone, or usual care plus either 10 auricular acupuncture sessions involving six to nine needled points and indwelling needles left in for up to three days, or 10 Traditional Chinese acupuncture sessions with placement of up to 22 needles on the limbs, head, and torso.
"Chronic concussion headaches are a clinical challenge. Acupuncture appears promising to avoid the opioid gateway for these patients," says
Richard C. Niemtzow, MD, PhD, MPH, Editor-in-Chief of
Medical Acupuncture and Director, Director of the United States Air Force Acupuncture and Integrative Medicine Center, Joint Base Andrews, Maryland.
About the JournalMedical Acupuncture (
http://www.liebertpub.com/acu), the Official Journal of the American Academy of Medical Acupuncture, is an authoritative peer-reviewed journal published bimonthly in print and online. Led by
Richard C. Niemtzow, MD, PhD, MPH, Director, United States Air Force Acupuncture and Integrative Medicine Center (Joint Base Andrews, MD), the Journal presents evidence-based clinical articles, case reports, and research findings that integrate concepts from traditional and modern forms of acupuncture with allopathic medicine. Tables of content and a sample issue may be viewed on the
Medical Acupuncture (http://www.liebertpub.com/
acu) website.
About the Publisher
Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers (
http://www.liebertpub.com/) is a privately held, fully integrated media company known for establishing authoritative peer-reviewed journals in many promising areas of science and biomedical research, including
The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine,
Alternative and Complementary Therapies, Journal of Women's Health, and
Journal of Palliative Medicine. Its biotechnology trade magazine,
GEN (
Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News), was the first in its field and is today the industry's most widely read publication worldwide. A complete list of the firm's 80 journals, books, and newsmagazines is available on the
Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers (http://www.liebertpub.com/)
website.