Why the study?
Does verum acupuncture improve heart-rate variability and clinical outcomes in migraineurs compared to sham acupuncture?
Population
30 migraineurs
Comparison
Verum acupuncture (series of 12 sessions) vs Sham acupuncture
Design
RCT, randomly allocated
Follow-up
series of 12 acupuncture sessions
Authors
Discussion
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Implication
Verum acupuncture confers no clinical benefit over sham in migraineurs despite HF HRV changes; challenges superiority assumptions and extends autonomic research.
Structured PICO
Does verum acupuncture improve heart-rate variability and clinical outcomes in migraineurs compared to sham acupuncture?
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Population
30 migraineurs
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Intervention
Verum acupuncture (series of 12 sessions)
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Comparator
Sham acupuncture
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Outcome
Changes of heart-rate variability (HRV) and clinical improvement (reduction of migraine attacks)surrogate
Acupuncture may beneficially influence the autonomic nervous system in migraineurs, with clinical response related to a reduction in low-frequency HRV power, though verum acupuncture did not improve clinical outcomes more than sham acupuncture.
Cite This Study
Bäcker et al. (2008) studied this question.