Successful treatment of intractable idiopathic chest wall and rib pain using acupuncture.
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Successful treatment of intractable idiopathic chest wall and rib pain using acupuncture.
Description
JASA (2020), Majd, Iman; Loew, Brenda.
Abstract
This case reports successful treatment of intractable, idiopathic chest wall and rib pain of five years duration in a fifty-year-old female patients, using acupuncture and related modalities. Patient had suffered from idiopathic chest wall pain without significant improvement with conventional therapies. her condition was resolved in five treatments, which included manual acupuncture, electroacupuncture, running cupping and press needles. It is noted that this was a sample size of n=1. Further studies with larger sample sizes should be conducted to see if acupuncture and related modalities can help patients experiencing this kind of severe, unremitting pain. A further limitation of this case is that it is not yet known whether or not her chest wall and rib pain will reoccur, but, if it does recur, this approach can offer a relatively low cost, effective and safe alternative to conventional biomedical treatments.
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JASA
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Date
Language
English
issn
2377-3723
issue
3
page end
24
page start
20
volume
7