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1、Thisarticleisprotectedbycopyright.Toshareorcopythisarticle,pleasevisitcopyright.com.UseISSN#1078-6791.Tosubscribe,visitalternative-therapies.comoriginalresearchAcupunctureforChronicFatigueSyndrome:ARandomized,Sham-controlledTrialWithSingle-blindedDesignSiu-ManNg,PhD;Yan-MunYiu,PhDABSTRACTContext
2、•Giventhattheetiologyofchronicfatiguesyn-generalmentalhealth(GHQ-12)weretakenatbaselinedrome(CFS)isbelievedtobemultidimensional,interven-anduponcompletionoftreatment.tionsgenerallyhavebeennonspecificandtypicallyproduceResults•Ninety-nineparticipantscompletedtheinter-onlymildtomoderateeffects.Inm
3、edicalpractice,treat-ventions,with50and49participantsintheexperimentalmentforCFSremainslargelysymptomatic.Preliminarygroup(EG)andCGrespectively.RepeatedmeasuresevidenceoftheefficacyofacupunctureforCFSisavailable,ANOVArevealedasignificantdecreaseinphysical(F=1,93butthefieldhaslackedhigh-qualitytr
4、ials.4.327;P=.040)andmentalfatigue(F=10.451;P=.002)1,96Objective•TheresearchteamconductedthestudytoandimprovementinthephysicalcomponentscoreofdeterminetheefficacyofacupunctureforCFS.SF-12(F=4.774;P=.031).Considerableeffectswith1,93Design•Atwo-arm,randomized,controlled,single-Cohen’sdwereobserved
5、inthesham-controlgroup:0.92,blindeddesignwasadopted.0.78,and0.38forthethreescores,respectively.TheseSetting•ThestudytookplaceinateachinglaboratoryatpositiveeffectscouldhaveincludedsometherapeutictheSchoolofChineseMedicineattheUniversityofHongeffectsduetopressureontheacupuncturepointsfromtheKong,
6、HongKong,China.shamneedlesinadditiontonormalplaceboeffects.TheParticipants•RecruitedthroughpresspublicityinHongEGshowedmoderateneteffectsizeswithCohen’sd:0.52,Kong,127individuals—40menand87women—partici-0.63,and0.54forthethreeoutcomemeasures,respec-patedinthestudy.tively.Intervention•Throughcare
7、fulimplementationofshamConclusion•Despiteconsiderablepositiveeffectsfortheacupunctureinthecontrolgroup(CG),thestudyblindedCG,theEGdemonstratedsignificantnet-effectsizesataallparticipantswithregardtotheirexperimentalorcon-mod