1.
Lancet
; 1(8536): 802, 1987 Apr 04.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-2882201
2.
Lancet
; 2(8521-22): 1416-9, 1986.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-2878274
RESUMO
In a randomised controlled trial, twelve matched pairs of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease received traditional Chinese acupuncture or placebo acupuncture. After three weeks' treatment the traditional-acupuncture group showed significantly greater benefit in terms of subjective scores of breathlessness and six-minute walking distance. Objective measures of lung function were unchanged in either group. Whether these differences are mediated by endogenous opiate and/or peptide release remains speculative.