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Treatment by auricular acupuncture has a long history. Rong, Pei-Jing Zhao, Jing-Jun Li, Yu-Qing Litscher, Daniela Li, Shao-yuan Gaischek, Ingrid Zhai, Xu Wang, Lu Luo, Man Litscher, Gerhard Continuous electricalĪuricular acupuncture and biomedical research-A promising Sino-Austrian research cooperation. These results are the first to demonstrate that continuous EA stimulation of auricular acupuncture points improves the treatment of chronic low back pain in an outpatient population. Neuropathic pain in particular improved in patients treated with EA. Similarly, psychological well-being, activity, and sleep were significantly improved in group EA versus group CO, the consumption of analgesic rescue medication was less, and more patients returned to full-time employment. Pain relief was significantly better in group EA during the study and the follow-up period as compared with group CO. Psychological well being, activity level, quality of sleep, and pain intensity were assessed by means of VAS moreover, analgesic drug consumption was documented. During the study period and a 3-mo follow-up, patients were asked to complete the McGill questionnaire. Treatment was performed once weekly for 6 wk, and in each group needles were withdrawn 48 h after insertion. Patients were randomized into group EA (n = 31) with continuous low-frequency auricular EA (1 Hz biphasic constant current of 2 mA) and group CO (n = 30) without electrical stimulation (sham- electroacupuncture). Disposable acupuncture needles were inserted in the auricular acupuncture points 29, 40, and 55 of the dominant side and connected to a newly developed battery-powered miniaturized stimulator worn behind the ear. At the end of the treatment and at 3-month follow-up a clinically meaningful and statistically significant improvement (p or = 5) treated with standardized analgesic therapy. Primary outcome measures were the mean weekly pain intensity and the disease activity score 28 (DAS 28) secondary outcome measures were the use of pain medication, the pain disability index (PDI), the clinical global impression (CGI) and pro-inflammatory cytokine levels, which were assessed during the study period and 3 months after the end of treatment. EA and lessons in AT were performed once weekly for 6 weeks. Patients with RA (n = 44) were randomized into EA or AT groups. The efficacy of auricular electroacupuncture (EA) was directly compared with autogenic training (AT). In contrast to psychological interventions the usefulness of acupuncture as an adjuvant therapy in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) has not yet been demonstrated. Auricular acupuncture and autogenic training in rheumatoid arthritis.īernateck, Michael Becker, Mareike Schwake, Christine Hoy, Ludwig Passie, Torsten Parlesak, Alexandr Fischer, Michael J Fink, Matthias Karst, Matthias Adjuvant auricular electroacupuncture and autogenic training in rheumatoid arthritis: a randomized controlled trial.