摘要
The 1997 National Institutes of Health （NIH） Consensus Development Conference on Acupuncture was a landmark in the history of acupuncture research in the USA and the West. The Consensus Statement concluded, ＂There is sufficient evidence of acupuncture＇s value to expand its use into conventional medicine and to encourage further studies of its physiological and clinical value.＂ It also suggested that more high quality clinical research should be conducted. Since then, more than 600 randomized clinical trials have been conducted and published. Trial quality has significantly improved, and the field of acupuncture research is now much more mature. Most large clinical trials have concluded that acupuncture is much superior to conventional care or no treatment.
ABSTRACT The 1997 National Institutes of Health(NIH) Consensus Development Conference on Acupuncture was a landmark in the history of acupuncture research in the USA and the West.The Consensus Statement concluded,'There is sufficient evidence of acupuncture's value to expand its use into conventional medicine and to encourage further studies of its physiological and clinical value.' It also suggested that more high quality clinical research should be conducted.Since then,more than 600 randomized clinical trials have been conducted and published.Trial quality has significantly improved,and the field of acupuncture research is now much
