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Does acupuncture work for myofascial pain?
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short term
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Does acupuncture work for RA and OA?
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in knee pain
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Does acupuncture work for headache?
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better than no treatment, but same as sham
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Does acupuncture work for neck pain?
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yes
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Does acupuncture work for chronic low back pain?
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yes
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Does acupuncture work for shoulder pain?
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yes
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Does acupuncture work for lateral epicondylitis?
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short term
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T or F: acupuncture has more controlled studies than any other treatments
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true
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What do yin and yang form?
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tau ji
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Qi, Jen, and Shen build on each other and mean what?
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air, essence, and spirit
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Acupuncture is thought to affect what?
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Qi
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What are the five phases?
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metal, water, wood, fire, earth
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Disease occurs with imbalance of what?
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Qi
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Acupuncture points exist on what lines? What will treating these do?
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meridians; regulating flow of Qi
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What is the difference between electroacupuncture and electrodiagnostics?
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needle in electrodiagnostics does not transer electricity
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What does electroacupuncture (EA) do to relieve chronic pain?
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decreases cFos gene
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How do pain and non-pain differ in EA?
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non-pain shows specific areas of the brain that are affected; pain shows non-specificity
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Local sites of soreness or pressure representing active acupoints, regardless of whether they are on a defined meridian or not are called?
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ah shi points
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T or F: needle manipulation can effect cellular response
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true
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Physiologic mechanisms of EA?
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Neurochemical
Neuromodulatory (functional imaging) Fascial/Mechanotransduction |
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NIH released a study in 1997 that said what about acupuncture?
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efficacy in postoperative and chemotherapy N/V and in postoperative dental pain
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What kinds of pain does acupuncture work best for? Acupuncture does not work well in what pain?
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peripheral and axial pain; generalized
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