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2021 Journal of Acupuncture Research
Review Article Shoulder Pain
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Review Article
Acupuncture has been shown to significantly improve pain, disability, and quality of life for patients with shoulder impingement syndrome.
2021 Journal of Acupuncture Research Acupuncture Treatment for Shoulder Impingement Syndrome: A Review of Randomized Controlled Trials
Park JE, Kim WY, Lee SJ, Oh DY, Lee MC, Jeon MK, Kim HJ, Ahn JY, Yang SH, Choi YY, Shin NY, Nam HJ
Executive Summary
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A Review Article published in 2021 in the journal Journal of Acupuncture Research found that Acupuncture has been shown to significantly improve pain, disability, and quality of life for patients with shoulder impingement syndrome. The research methodology involved a literature review of randomized controlled trials where acupuncture was used as an intervention for patients diagnosed with shoulder impingement syndrome. Relevant clinical studies were retrieved from several databases based on specific inclusion and exclusion criteria, and the interventions used, and results obtained were diligently analyzed. Six of these studies were chosen for an extensive review based on the stringent parameters defined.
The results of these six studies testify to the apparent efficacy of acupuncture as a treatment for shoulder impingement syndrome. Upon analysis, the acupuncture treatment group consistently demonstrated significant positive changes in metrics evaluating pain, disability, and quality of life. There was an observed decrease in evaluative indicators such as Shoulder Pain and Disability Index, Numeric Rating Scale, Visual Analogue Scale, and others, and a considerable increase in the scores of the self-reported questionnaires like UCLA, AL-score, EuroQol 5 Dimension, and more. One study even reported acupuncture's effectiveness to be on par with corticosteroid injections in terms of improvements in pain and quality of life measures. Notably, no major side effects from acupuncture were reported across the studies.
