The 2nd JSAM International Symposium on Evidence-based Acupuncture
Date：12 June, 2009 9:00-17:15
Venue：Sonic City Hall Omiya, Saitama, Japan
President: Goto Shuji
Session 1: Present status of RCT research on Low Back Pain
Adrian White
An introduction to low back pain
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Konrad Streitberger
GERAC- The German Acupuncture Trial for Low Back Pain
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Claudia M. Witt
Efficacy and Effectiveness of Acupuncture in Patients with Chronic Low Back Pain – The Acupuncture in Routine Care Study (ARC) and the Acupuncture Randomised Trial (ART)
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Andrea D. Furlan
A systematic review of acupuncture for chronic low-back pain
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Karen J. Sherman
Clinical trials of acupuncture for low back pain: what have they taught us about acupuncture’s effectiveness?
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Liu Baoyan
Research progress on Acupuncture and Moxibustion Treatment of Lumbar Spondylopathy currently in China
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Tsukayama Hiroshi
Difficulty of clinical trials of acupuncture
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Session 2: Treatment method for Low Back Pain of China, Korea and Japan based on the database research
Liu Baoyan
Acupuncture Treatment for Low Back Pain in China
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Kim Yong-suk
Acupuncture Treatment for Low Back Pain in Korea
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Yamashita Hitoshi
Acupuncture Treatment for Low Back Pain in Japan from a Viewpoint of Clinical Research Papers
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Session 3: Sham acupuncture
Konrad Streitberger
Non-penetrating Sham Acupuncture
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Takakura Nobuari
A double-blind placebo needle for acupuncture research
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Kawakita Kenji
A possible physiological action mechanism of sham acupuncture, and proposal of new sham device for clinical research.
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