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Gold JI, Nicolaou CD, Belmont KA, et al. Pediatric acupuncture: a review of clinical research. Evid Based Complement Alternat Med. 2008;6(4):429-39doi: 10.1093/ecam/nem181.
Gold, J. I., Nicolaou, C. D., Belmont, K. A., Katz, A. R., Benaron, D. M., & Yu, W. (2009). Pediatric acupuncture: a review of clinical research. Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM, 6(4), 429-39. https://doi.org/10.1093/ecam/nem181
Gold, Jeffrey I, et al. "Pediatric acupuncture: a review of clinical research." Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM vol. 6,4 (2009): 429-39. doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/ecam/nem181
Gold JI, Nicolaou CD, Belmont KA, Katz AR, Benaron DM, Yu W. Pediatric acupuncture: a review of clinical research. Evid Based Complement Alternat Med. 2009 Dec;6(4):429-39. doi: 10.1093/ecam/nem181. Epub 2008 Jan 10. PMID: 18955306; PMCID: PMC2781770.
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Evid Based Complement Alternat Med. 2009 Dec;6(4):429-39. doi: 10.1093/ecam/nem181. Epub 2008 Jan 10.

Pediatric acupuncture: a review of clinical research.

Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM

Jeffrey I Gold, Colette D Nicolaou, Katharine A Belmont, Aaron R Katz, Daniel M Benaron, Wendy Yu

Affiliations

  1. Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, Department of Anesthesiology Critical Care Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA. [email protected]

PMID: 18955306 PMCID: PMC2781770 DOI: 10.1093/ecam/nem181

Abstract

Practiced in China for more than 2000 years, acupuncture has recently gained increased attention in the United States as an alternative treatment approach for a variety of medical conditions. Despite its growing prevalence and anecdotal reports of success among pediatric populations, few empirically based studies have assessed the efficacy of acupuncture for children and adolescents. This article presents a review of the current literature, including a systematic appraisal of the methodological value of each study and a discussion of potential benefits and adverse effects of acupuncture. While acupuncture holds great promise as a treatment modality for diverse pediatric conditions, a significant amount of additional research is necessary to establish an empirical basis for the incorporation of acupuncture into standard care.

Keywords: acupuncture; pediatrics

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