In the largest study of its kind, research at the Center for Integrative Medicine at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, determined that acupuncture treatments were effective in alleviating the symptoms of arthritis. The study, reported in the Annals of Internal Medicine, involved 570 persons over 50 years of age with arthritis in the knees, who participated in the research for six months. One control group received “sham” acupuncture treatments. The other control group received the Arthritis Self-Help course, developed by the Arthritis foundation and a proven method for helping arthritis sufferers.
Differences between the groups were clearly visible by the eighth week of the study. By the end of the program, those receiving true acupuncture treatments had experienced a 40 percent gain in knee function and a similar reduction in knee pain.
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