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NEW THERAPEUTIC APPROACH 149 TABLE 3. ORTHOPEDIC PATIENTS RECEIVING ACUPUNCTURE (N 1,500)* Mean (SD) Visual Analog Scale Score Baseline 3 Months 6 Months Knee (n 50) 6.7 (1.9) 3.6 (2.5) 3.8 (2.3) Low Back Pain (n 50) 6.6 (2.1) 3.3 (2.6) 3.5 (2.7) Shoulder (n 50) 6.3 (2.2) 4.0 (2.4) 4.1 (2.6) Headache/Migraine (n 50) 7.3 (2.5) 3.5 (2.7) 3.4 (2.8) *Significant differences were found between baseline and 3-6 months after treatment (P .01 by t test), but not between the third and sixth months. formed to prove the efficacy of acupuncture in general med- ical practice. In this study, low back pain, arthrosis of knee and hip joint, headache, and migraine were included as well. The authors’ patients took part in these studies, and 1,395 patients were treated with needle acupuncture, using the pro- tocol of the Gerac-study. Results of the Gerac-study, recently published in January 2007,21,22 showed that acupuncture was superior to con- ventional treatment in low back pain and gonarthrosis pa- tients, even up to 6 months later. Consequently, acupunc- ture treatments for these indications are now accepted and reimbursed by health insurance companies starting in Janu- ary 2007. (Treatment of migraine with acupuncture was con- sidered successful, but not significantly better than conven- tional therapy. Thus, acupuncture for this indication is not supported as yet by insurance companies.) To compare laser needle acupuncture with metal needle acupuncture, we chose random samples from our orthope- dic patients only treated with laser needles (n 1,500). Fifty patients each with knee, shoulder, low back pain, and headache/migraine were included. The results are shown in Table 3 and Figure 10. We determined that there were no significant differences in our results when comparing them with those of the Gerac- study. Only the results of migraine treatment seemed to be better than in the Gerac-study. Our results were further proof that laser-needle acupuncture could be therapeutically equivalent to classical needle acupuncture. The above- mentioned studies on healthy volunteers by Litscher and Siedentopf19 were confirmed by treatment of our patients. Further advantages of laser-needle acupuncture over classi- cal metal needle acupuncture have been demonstrated. Apart from 2 cases of near-collapse in about 25,000 treatments with laser-needle acupuncture, there were no cases of pneumotho- rax, erysipelas, intra-articular knee infection, or dangerous col- lapse as documented in the Gerac-study as potential side ef- fects of needle acupuncture. Because of the painless laser light, this method is more accepted by most of the patients. There- fore, a wider patient group may benefit from laser-needle ther- apy (i.e., children, patients taking coumadin, pain-sensitive pa- tients, etc). Perhaps the most beneficial effects of the laser needle are the additional biological effects of laser light, which have been investigated and documented in numerous publica- tions, for suppression of inflammation, tissue repairing and re- generation, and immunostimulative effects. THE LASER NEEDLE BODY AND MOUTH “SHOWER” It is possible to place 1 or more laser needles together in a special grouping that resembles the head of a normal wa- FIG. 10. Pain relief after treatment of 4 different pain syndromes 3-6 months later. VAS indicates visual analog scale.PDF Image | Needles of Light: A New Therapeutic Approach
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