Review Article
Acupuncture May Stimulate Anticancer Immunity via Activation of Natural Killer Cells
Table 2
Studies with evidence that acupuncture stimulation modulates NK cell function in humans.
| Authors, journal, year of publication | Arranz et al., Am J Chin Med, 2007 | Yamaguchi et al., eCAM, 2007 | Petti et al., J Trad Chin Med, 1998 | Subjects | Women with anxiety (controls, healthy women) | Normal individuals | Patients with pain |
| Treatment group | Yes | Yes | Yes | Placebo control group | No | No | No | Non-placebo control group | Yes | No | Yes | Overall Jaded scorea | 2 | 1 | 1 | Scored component items of the Jaded score | | | | Study described as randomized (Yes = 1; No = 0) | 0 | 0 | 1 | Randomization appropriate (Yes = 1; No = 1) | 0 | 0 | 1 | Subject blinded (Yes = 1; No = 0) | 0 | 0 | 0 | Evaluator blinded (Yes = 1; No = 0) | 1 | 0 | 1 | Subjects that withdrew and/or dropped out described (Yes = 1; No = 0) | 1 | 1 | 0 |
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aUsed to assess quality of methods, with 5 being the highest score possible.
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