Electroacupuncture may benefit people with fibromyalgia concludes review

Electroacupuncture could help reduce the symptoms of fibromyalgia, highlights a review of the evidence in Pain Physician. But the research is not as promising for electric stimulation.

Fibromyalgia is a long-term condition that causes pain all over the body and chronic fatigue.

Treatment aims to relive symptoms and improve ability of people with fibromyalgia to perform daily tasks and quality of life. Invasive or non-invasive electric stimulation is one such treatment.

Scientists recently assessed the effects of treatment with electrical stimulation (combined or not combined with other types of therapy) for pain relief in people with fibromyalgia. They included data from nine studies and 301 people.

“There is low-quality evidence for the effectiveness of electrical stimulation for pain relief in patients with fibromyalgia,” the authors explain. “However, moderate-quality evidence for the effectiveness of electroacupuncture, combined or not combined with other types of treatment, was found for pain relief.”

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