Browsing Kristiania Open Archive by Author "Birch, Stephen"
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Acupuncture as a Treatment Within Integrative Health for Palliative Care: A Brief Narrative Review of Evidence and Recommendations
Birch, Stephen; Bovey, Mark; Alraek, Terje; Robinson, Nicola; Kim, Tae-Hun; Lee, Myeong Soo (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020) -
Acupuncture for managing cancer-related fatigue in breast cancer patients: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Choi, Tae-Young; Ang, Lin; Jun, Ji Hee; Alræk, Terje; Birch, Stephen; Lu, Weidong; Lee, Myeong Soo (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Breast cancer (BC) is the most common cancer in women and is a serious threat to women’s health. Cancer-related fatigue (CRF) is a distressing symptom in BC patients during and after chemotherapy or radiation therapy ... -
Acupuncture in sham device controlled trials may not be as effective as acupuncture in the real world: a preliminary network meta-analysis of studies of acupuncture for hot flashes in menopausal women
Kim, Tae-Hun; Lee, Myeong Soo; Alræk, Terje; Birch, Stephen (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)Background: Randomised controlled trials of acupuncture performed using sham interventions to control for the placebo effect have mostly used two types of sham techniques: techniques with minimal insertion of acupuncture ... -
Clinical reasoning in traditional medicine exemplified by the clinical encounter of Korean medicine: a narrative review
Kim, Tae-Hun; Alræk, Terje; Bian, Zhao-Xiang; Birch, Stephen; Bovey, Mark; Lee, Juah; Lee, Myeong Soo; Robinson, Nicola; Zaslawski, Christopher (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Background Clinical reasoning is generally defined as a way of thinking about diagnostic or therapeutic decision making in clinical practice. Different cognitive models have been proposed for the clinical reasoning process ... -
Comparative effectiveness of acupuncture in sham-controlled trials for knee osteoarthritis: A systematic review and network meta-analysis
Lee, Boram; Kim, Tae-Hun; Birch, Stephen; Alræk, Terje; Lee, Hye Won; Nielsen, Arya; Wieland, L. Susan; Lee, Myeong Soo (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Objectives: Although many trials have assessed the effect of acupuncture on knee osteoarthritis (KOA), its efficacy remains controversial. Sham acupuncture techniques are regarded as representative control interventions ... -
Corrigendum to “Clinical reasoning in traditional medicine exemplified by the clinical encounter of Korean medicine” [Integr Med Res 2021: 10; 100641]
Kim, Tae-Hun; Alræk, Terje; Bian, Zhao-Xiang; Birch, Stephen; Bovey, Mark; Lee, Juah; Lee, Myeong Soo; Robinson, Nicola; Zaslawski, Christopher (Others, 2022)OBS! Dette er kun en korreksjon av en annen artikkel: “Clinical reasoning in traditional medicine exemplified by the clinical encounter of Korean medicine” [Integr Med Res 2021: 10; 100641] -
Descriptions of qi deficiency and qi stagnation in traditional East Asian medicine: A comparison of Asian and Western sources
Birch, Stephen; Alræk, Terje; Lee, Myeong Soo; Kim, Tae-Hun (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Introduction In a previous study, evidence was found of the variability of signs/symptoms (s/s) of blood stasis syndrome among texts of Chinese and Asian origin and English language texts including evidence of the differences ... -
Different Outcomes According to Needling Point Location Used in Sham Acupuncture for Cancer-Related Pain: A Systematic Review and Network Meta-Analysis
Lee, Boram; Kwon, Chan-Young; Lee, Hye Won; Nielsen, Arya; Wieland, L. Susan; Kim, Tae-Hun; Birch, Stephen; Alræk, Terje; Lee, Myeong Soo (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Numerous acupuncture studies have been conducted on cancer-related pain; however, its efficacy compared to sham acupuncture remains controversial. We confirmed whether the outcome of acupuncture differs according to the ... -
Global research trends of sham acupuncture: A bibliometric analysis
Lee, Boram; Kwon, Chan-Young; Lee, Ye-Seul; Alræk, Terje; Birch, Stephen; Lee, Hye Won; Ang, Lin; Lee, Myeong Soo (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Objective Sham acupuncture has been used as a control in acupuncture efficacy trials. However, questions have been raised about whether it is a physiologically inert placebo. We aimed to understand global research trends ... -
Historical perspectives on using sham acupuncture in acupuncture clinical trials
Birch, Stephen; Lee, Myeong Soo; Kim, Tae-Hun; Alræk, Terje (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Background: Trials of acupuncture in the West began before textbooks about acupuncture were generally available. This placed trials at risk of possible faulty assumptions about the practice of acupuncture and adoption of ... -
Needling Point Location Used in Sham Acupuncture for Chronic Nonspecific Low Back Pain: A Systematic Review and Network Meta-Analysis
Lee, Boram; Kwon, Chan-Young; Lee, Hye Won; Nielsen, Arya; Wieland, L Susan; Kim, Tae-Hun; Birch, Stephen; Alræk, Terje; Lee, Myeong Soo (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Importance When sham acupuncture is set as a control in evaluating acupuncture, the sham needling technique is usually different from acupuncture. However, the sham procedure is conducted either at the same points that ... -
Overview on pattern identification - History, nature and strategies for treating patients: A narrative review
Birch, Stephen; Alræk, Terje; Bovey, Mark; Lee, Myeong Soo; Lee, Ju Ah; Zaslawski, Chris; Robinson, Nicola; Kim, Tae-Hun; Bian, Zhao-Xiang (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020) -
Plausible Mechanism of Sham Acupuncture Based on Biomarkers: A Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials
Kim, Tae-Hun; Lee, Myeong Soo; Birch, Stephen; Alræk, Terje (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Introduction: Sham acupuncture was developed to be used as an inert control intervention in clinical trials of acupuncture. However, controversies exist regarding the validity of sham acupuncture. In this systematic review ... -
Publication status and reporting quality of case reports on acupuncture-related adverse events: A systematic reviews of case studies
Kim, Tae-Hun; Lee, Myeong Soo; Birch, Stephen; Alræk, Terje; Norheim, Arne Johan; Kang, Jung Won (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Introduction: Case reports on acupuncture-related adverse events (AEs) have been consistently published in the literature. This review aims to assess the current publication status of case reports on acupuncture-related ... -
The use of pattern differentiation in WHO-registered traditional Chinese medicine trials - A systematic review
Zhang, Xuan; Tian, Ran; Zhao, Chen; Birch, Stephen; Lee, Ju Ah; Alræk, Terje; Bovey, Mark; Zaslawski, Christopher; Robinson, Nicola; Kim, Tae-Hun; Lee, Myeong Soo; Bian, Zhao-Xiang (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)