TY - JOUR

T1 - Effects of acupuncture in moderate, stable angina pectoris

T2 - a controlled study

AU - Ballegaard, Søren

AU - Pedersen, F

AU - Pietersen, A

AU - Nissen, V H

AU - Olsen, Niels Vidiendal

PY - 1990/1

Y1 - 1990/1

N2 - In order to evaluate the effects of acupuncture in moderate, stable angina pectoris, 49 patients were randomized to either genuine or sham acupuncture. In sham acupuncture needles were inserted into points within the same spinal segment as in genuine acupuncture, but outside the Chinese meridian system. The effect was evaluated from exercise tests, anginal attack rate and nitroglycerin consumption. There were no significant differences between the effects of genuine and sham acupuncture either on exercise test variables or on subjective variables. In patients receiving genuine acupuncture there was a significant increase in exercise tolerance (median 9%) and in delay of onset to pain (median 10%). No significant changes were observed in patients receiving sham acupuncture. Within both groups there was a median reduction of 50% in anginal attack rate and nitroglycerin consumption, and there was no significant difference between the results achieved in the two groups. It is concluded that with the present design it was not possible to demonstrate any significant differences between the effect of genuine and sham acupuncture.

AB - In order to evaluate the effects of acupuncture in moderate, stable angina pectoris, 49 patients were randomized to either genuine or sham acupuncture. In sham acupuncture needles were inserted into points within the same spinal segment as in genuine acupuncture, but outside the Chinese meridian system. The effect was evaluated from exercise tests, anginal attack rate and nitroglycerin consumption. There were no significant differences between the effects of genuine and sham acupuncture either on exercise test variables or on subjective variables. In patients receiving genuine acupuncture there was a significant increase in exercise tolerance (median 9%) and in delay of onset to pain (median 10%). No significant changes were observed in patients receiving sham acupuncture. Within both groups there was a median reduction of 50% in anginal attack rate and nitroglycerin consumption, and there was no significant difference between the results achieved in the two groups. It is concluded that with the present design it was not possible to demonstrate any significant differences between the effect of genuine and sham acupuncture.

KW - Acupuncture Therapy

KW - Adult

KW - Aged

KW - Angina Pectoris

KW - Clinical Trials as Topic

KW - Exercise Test

KW - Female

KW - Humans

KW - Male

KW - Middle Aged

KW - Nitroglycerin

M3 - Journal article

C2 - 2105371

VL - 227

SP - 25

EP - 30

JO - Acta Medica Scandinavica

JF - Acta Medica Scandinavica

SN - 0955-7873

IS - 1

ER -