Table of Results of Controlled Research Studies* of Acupuncture for Asthma

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October 1, 1998

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Type	Type	Asthma Frequency	Improvement	Therapy	FEV1/PEFR Functions	Other Lung Medication	Reduction in Usage	Subjective Study Improvement
Ref 15	double-blind, randomized	chronic and histamine-induced	20	once	significant/NA	2 others had significant changes and 2 nonsignificant		nonsignificant
Ref 16	double-blind, randomized, crossover	methacholine-induced	12	once	significant at 120 min. (nonsignificant beforehand)/NA	significant for 3 other measures
Ref 17	single-blind, randomized	chronic	12	once		significant 10 of 26 treatments		significant 20 of 26 times
Ref 22	double-blind, randomized	chronic	20	once	NA/reverse significant		larger reduction in control	better for control
Ref 18	single-blind, randomized	chronic	17	once	significant/NA	1 other nonsignificant
Ref 21	single-blind, randomized	exercise-induced	19	once	significant/significant	significant
Ref 20	double-blind, randomized,	histamine-induced	16	once	nonsignificant/NA	nonsignificant crossover
Ref 9	double-blind, randomized	exercise-induced	13	once	nonsignificant/NA
Ref 23	double-blind, randomized	chronic	17	twice weekly for 5 weeks	NA/signifcant after 2 weeks		significant after 2 weeks	significant on weekly scale, but not daily
Ref 11	double-blind, randomized, crossover	chronic	25	twice weekly for 4 weeks	nonsignificant/NA	nonsignificant for 3 other measures	nonsignificant	nonsignificant
Ref 13	double-blind, randomized	COPD (asthma in 4 subjects)	24	13 times over 3 weeks	nonsignificant/ nonsignificant	1 other significant and 1 nonsignificant		significant
Ref 10	double-blind, randomized, crossover	chronic	15	twice weekly for 5 weeks	nonsignificant/NA	3 others nonsignificant	nonsignificant	nonsignificant

Table of Results of Controlled Research Studies* of Acupuncture for Asthma

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