Essential Library
This section is intended to provide access to sources used by articles on this website, plus relevant publications (submitted by members of FRAIM) on different topics of acupuncture and integrative medicine.
CAM (Complementary and Alternative Medicine) Research: Trends and Challenges
Eastern Medical Tradition: Historical, Philosophical and Cultural aspects
Mechanisms of acupuncture & theoretical concepts
- Mechanism of acupuncture - Beyond neurohumoral theory. By Charles Shang, MD
- Microacupuncture Systems as Fractals of the Human Body. By Vadim Bouevitch, M.Ac.
- Evidence of Connective Tissue Involvement in Acupuncture. By Helene M. Langevin, David L. Churchill, Junru Wu, Gary J. Badger, Jason A. Yandow, James R. Fox, and Martin H. Krag
- fMRI Neurophysiological Evidence Of Acupuncture Mechanisms. By Zang-Hee Cho, PhD; Young-Don Son, MSc; Jae-Yong Han, MSc; Edward K. Wong, MD; Chang-Ki Kang, MSc; Kyung-Yo Kim, PhD; Hyung-Kyoon Kim, PhD; Byung-Yeol Lee, PhD; Yoon-Kyung Yim, PhD; Ki-Hyon Kim, PhD
Medical Acupuncture; Volume 14 / # 1
Scientific basis for Acupuncture
- STUDY OF THE DIFFUSION OF Tc 99m INJECTED INTO AN ACUPUNCTURE POINT ON THE BODY AND INTO A POINT OUTSIDE ACUPUNCTURE MERIDIAN By Dr. Carlo Maria Giovanardi, Dr. Enrico Lonardo, Prof. Achille Abbati
- BIO-MORPHOLOGICAL RATIONALE FOR LASER STIMULATION OF MYOFASCIAL TRIGGER POINTS AND ACUPUNCTURE POINTS. by Alex Tatevian DA and Artem Grush MD
- Functional magnetic resonance imaging detects activation of the visual association cortex during laser acupuncture of the foot in humans. by Christian M. Siedentopfa, Stefan M. Golaszewski, Felix M. Mottaghyc, Christian C. Ruffd, Stephan Felbera and Andreas Schlagere; Neuroscience Letters, Volume 327, Issue 1 , 12 July 2002, Pages 53-56.
- fMRI Neurophysiological Evidence Of Acupuncture Mechanisms. By Zang-Hee Cho, PhD; Young-Don Son, MSc; Jae-Yong Han, MSc; Edward K. Wong, MD; Chang-Ki Kang, MSc; Kyung-Yo Kim, PhD; Hyung-Kyoon Kim, PhD; Byung-Yeol Lee, PhD; Yoon-Kyung Yim, PhD; Ki-Hyon Kim, PhD
Medical Acupuncture; Volume 14 / # 1
- Acupuncture Modulates the Limbic System and Subcortical Gray Structures of the Human Brain: Evidence From fMRI Studies in Normal Subjects. Kathleen K.S. Hui, Jing Liu, Nikos Makris, Randy L. Gollub, Anthony J.W. Chen, Christopher I. Moore,1 David N. Kennedy, Bruce R. Rosen, and Kenneth K. Kwong
Human Brain Mapping 9:13-25(2000)
- Biological Effects Of Painless Laser Needle Acupuncture. By Gerhard Litscher, PhD Lu Wang, MD Detlef Schikora, PhD Dagmar Rachbauer, MSc Gerhard Schwarz, MD Andreas Schoepfer, MD Stefan Ropele, PhD Evamaria Huber
Medical Acupuncture, Vol. 16, #1
- Auricular Acupuncture Stimulation Measured On Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging.David Alimi, MD Alfred Geissmann, MD Denis Gardeur, MD
Medical Acupuncture; Volume 13 / Number 2
- Different central manifestations in response to electroacupuncture at analgesic and nonanalgesic acupoints in rats: a manganese-enhanced functional magnetic resonance imaging study Jen-Hwey Chiu, Mao-Shu Chung, Hui-Cheng Cheng, Tzu-Cheng Yeh, Jen-Chuen Hsieh, Chung-Yen Chang, Wan-Yo Kuo, Henrich Cheng, and Low-Tone Ho;
Canadian Jornal of Veterinary Research, 2003 May; 67(2): 94-101.
- Afferent mechanisms underlying stimulation modality-related modulation of acupuncture-related cardiovascular responses. by Wei Zhou, Liang-Wu Fu, Stephanie C. Tjen-A-Looi, Peng Li, and John C. Longhurst
Laser Acupuncture
- BIO-MORPHOLOGICAL RATIONALE FOR LASER STIMULATION OF MYOFASCIAL TRIGGER POINTS AND ACUPUNCTURE POINTS. by Alex Tatevian DA and Artem Grush MD
- Functional magnetic resonance imaging detects activation of the visual association cortex during laser acupuncture of the foot in humans. by Christian M. Siedentopfa, Stefan M. Golaszewski, Felix M. Mottaghyc, Christian C. Ruffd, Stephan Felbera and Andreas Schlagere; Neuroscience Letters, Volume 327, Issue 1 , 12 July 2002, Pages 53-56.
- Biological Effects Of Painless Laser Needle Acupuncture. By Gerhard Litscher, PhD Lu Wang, MD Detlef Schikora, PhD Dagmar Rachbauer, MSc Gerhard Schwarz, MD Andreas Schoepfer, MD Stefan Ropele, PhD Evamaria Huber
Medical Acupuncture, Vol. 16, #1
- CLINICAL USE OF LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY Part 1; By Philip A.M. Rogers MRCVS
- CLINICAL USE OF LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY Part 2; By Philip A.M. Rogers MRCVS
- POSITION STATEMENT ON LASER ACUPUNCTURE
Clinical Trials and Meta-Analysis
- The Use of Complementary and Alternative Therapies to Treat Anxiety and Depression in the United States. By Ronald C. Kessler, Ph.D., Jane Soukup, Sc.M., Roger B. Davis, Sc.D., David F. Foster, M.D., Sonja A. Wilkey, B.A., Maria I. Van Rompay, B.A., and David M. Eisenberg, M.D.
- Cost effectiveness analysis of a randomised trial of acupuncture for chronic headache in primary care. by Wonderling D, Vickers AJ, Grieve R, McCarney R.
- Is acupuncture cost effective for chronic headache? by Anne D. Walling; American Family Physician; Jan 15, 2005.
- Effectiveness of Acupuncture as Adjunctive Therapy in Osteoarthritis of the Knee ; A Randomized, Controlled Trial by Brian M. Berman, MD; Lixing Lao, PhD; Patricia Langenberg, PhD; Wen Lin Lee, PhD; Adele M.K. Gilpin, PhD; and Marc C. Hochberg, MD ; Annals of Internal Medicine; 21 December 2004 | Volume 141 Issue 12 | Pages 901-910
- Meta-Analysis: Acupuncture for Low Back Pain by Eric Manheimer, MS; Adrian White, MD, BM, BCh; Brian Berman, MD; Kelly Forys, MA; and Edzard Ernst, MD, PhD ; Annals of Internal Medicine; 19 April 2005 | Volume 142 Issue 8 | Pages 651-663
- CLINICAL USE OF LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY Part 1; By Philip A.M. Rogers MRCVS
- CLINICAL USE OF LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY Part 2; By Philip A.M. Rogers MRCVS
Health care: modes of integration
