List of works - Hugh MacPherson

A critical scoping review of external uses of comfrey (Symphytum spp.).

scientific article published on 08 October 2013

A prospective survey of adverse events and treatment reactions following 34,000 consultations with professional acupuncturists

scientific article

A randomised controlled trial of acupuncture care for persistent low back pain: cost effectiveness analysis

scientific article

A systematic evaluation of the impact of STRICTA and CONSORT recommendations on quality of reporting for acupuncture trials

scientific article

A systematic review of evidence for the effectiveness of practitioner-based complementary and alternative therapies in the management of rheumatic diseases: osteoarthritis

scientific article

A systematic review of evidence for the effectiveness of practitioner-based complementary and alternative therapies in the management of rheumatic diseases: rheumatoid arthritis

scientific article

Acupuncture Research: Strategies for Clinical Evaluation: Workshop Report, York, July 5–8, 2006

Acupuncture Research: Time to Shift from Theoretical to Practical Questions

scientific article published on 01 November 2006

Acupuncture and counselling for depression in primary care: a randomised controlled trial

scientific article

Acupuncture and other physical treatments for the relief of pain due to osteoarthritis of the knee: network meta-analysis.

scientific article

Acupuncture and the emerging evidence base: contrived controversy and rational debate

scientific article published on 02 June 2012

Acupuncture as a complex intervention for depression: A consensus method to develop a standardised treatment protocol for a randomised controlled trial

scientific article published on 11 December 2006

Acupuncture as a potential treatment for non-cardiac chest pain--a survey

scientific article published in June 2007

Acupuncture as an intervention to reduce alcohol dependency: a systematic review and meta-analysis

scientific article

Acupuncture for Chronic Pain: Update of an Individual Patient Data Meta-Analysis

scientific article published on 30 November 2017

Acupuncture for Depression: Exploring Model Validity and the Related Issue of Credibility in the Context of Designing a Pragmatic Trial

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Acupuncture for Depression: Patterns of Diagnosis and Treatment within a Randomised Controlled Trial.

scientific article published on 27 June 2013

Acupuncture for chronic neck pain: a pilot for a randomised controlled trial

scientific article

Acupuncture for chronic pain: individual patient data meta-analysis

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Acupuncture for chronic pain: is acupuncture more than an effective placebo? A systematic review of pooled data from meta-analyses.

scientific article

Acupuncture for depression

scientific article (publication date: 20 January 2010)

Acupuncture for depression: first steps toward a clinical evaluation

scientific article published in December 2004

Acupuncture for depression: state of the evidence

scientific article published on 30 June 2014

Acupuncture for irritable bowel syndrome an exploratory randomised controlled trial

scientific article published in March 2008

Acupuncture for irritable bowel syndrome: a protocol for a pragmatic randomised controlled trial.

scientific article

Acupuncture for irritable bowel syndrome: diagnosis and treatment of patients in a pragmatic trial

scientific article published on 26 October 2012

Acupuncture for irritable bowel syndrome: primary care based pragmatic randomised controlled trial.

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Acupuncture for low back pain: results of a pilot study for a randomized controlled trial

scientific article published in June 1999

Acupuncture for low back pain: traditional diagnosis and treatment of 148 patients in a clinical trial

scientific article published on 01 March 2004

Acupuncture for military personnel health and performance.

scientific article

Acupuncture for pain and osteoarthritis of the knee: a pilot study for an open parallel-arm randomised controlled trial

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Acupuncture for tinnitus: a series of six n = 1 controlled trials

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Acupuncture in practice: mapping the providers, the patients and the settings in a national cross-sectional survey

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Acupuncture needle sensations associated with De Qi: a classification based on experts' ratings

scientific article published on September 2006

Acupuncture needling sensation: the neural correlates of deqi using fMRI.

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Acupuncture, Counseling, and Usual care for Depression (ACUDep): study protocol for a randomized controlled trial ⬇️

scientific article published on 14 November 2012

Acupuncture, counselling or usual care for depression and comorbid pain: secondary analysis of a randomised controlled trial

scientific article

Acupuncture, or non-directive counselling versus usual care for the treatment of depression: a pilot study.

scientific article published on 09 January 2009

Alexander Technique Lessons, Acupuncture Sessions or usual care for patients with chronic neck pain (ATLAS): study protocol for a randomised controlled trial

scientific article published on 10 July 2013

Assessing the impact of attrition in randomized controlled trials

scientific article published on 22 June 2010

Assessing the utility of the standards for reporting trials of acupuncture (STRICTA): a survey of authors.

scientific article published in November 2007

Attitudes of GPs towards the provision of acupuncture on the NHS

scientific article published on 01 June 2003

Beyond needling--therapeutic processes in acupuncture care: a qualitative study nested within a low-back pain trial

scientific article published on November 2006

Brain imaging of acupuncture: comparing superficial with deep needling

scientific article published on 31 January 2008

Characteristics of acupuncture treatment associated with outcome: an individual patient meta-analysis of 17,922 patients with chronic pain in randomised controlled trials

scientific article published in 2013

Closing the evidence gap in integrative medicine

scientific article published in the British Medical Journal

Controlling practitioner-patient relationships in acupuncture trials: a systematic review and meta-regression

scientific article published on 15 March 2013

Cost-effectiveness of acupuncture for irritable bowel syndrome: findings from an economic evaluation conducted alongside a pragmatic randomised controlled trial in primary care.

scientific article

Costs and consequences of acupuncture as a treatment for chronic pain: a systematic review of economic evaluations conducted alongside randomised controlled trials.

scientific article

Designing an RCT of acupuncture for depression--identifying appropriate patient groups: a qualitative study

Developments in acupuncture research: big-picture perspectives from the leading edge

scientific article published on September 2008

Effectiveness guidance document (EGD) for acupuncture research - a consensus document for conducting trials

scientific article

Empathy, Enablement, and Outcome: An Exploratory Study on Acupuncture Patients' Perceptions

scientific article published on 01 December 2003

Ensuring model validity in a feasibility study of acupuncture to improve quality of life in cancer patients undergoing radiotherapy treatment

Evaluating complex healthcare systems: a critique of four approaches

scientific article

Evidence on acupuncture safety needs to be based on large-scale prospective surveys, not single case reports

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Fatal and adverse events from acupuncture: allegation, evidence, and the implications

scientific article

GP Participation and Recruitment of Patients to RCTs: Lessons from Trials of Acupuncture and Exercise for Low Back Pain in Primary Care

scientific article published on November 2010

Homeopathy for mental fatigue: lessons from a randomized, triple blind, placebo-controlled cross-over clinical trial

scientific article

How safe is acupuncture? Developing the evidence on risk.

scientific article

Improving the Reporting of Interventions in Clinical Trials of Acupuncture: The Updated and Revised STRICTA

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Improving the quality of reporting acupuncture interventions: describing the collaboration between STRICTA, CONSORT and the Chinese Cochrane Centre

scientific article published on February 2009

Individual patient data meta-analysis of acupuncture for chronic pain: protocol of the Acupuncture Trialists' Collaboration ⬇️

scientific article (publication date: 28 September 2010)

Influence of control group on effect size in trials of acupuncture for chronic pain: a secondary analysis of an individual patient data meta-analysis

scientific article

Informed consent for acupuncture--an information leaflet developed by consensus.

scientific article

Insufficient evidence to determine the impact of patient preferences on clinical outcomes in acupuncture trials: a systematic review

scientific article published on March 2013

Journal Club

scientific article published on 12 December 2007

Keeping the Door Open: Uncertainty About the Reliability and Efficacy of Traditional Approaches to Acupuncture

scientific article published on 01 December 2009

Longer term clinical and economic benefits of offering acupuncture care to patients with chronic low back pain

scientific article

Longer-term clinical and economic benefits of offering acupuncture to patients with chronic low back pain assessed as suitable for primary care management

More About the Evidence in Evidence-Based Integrative Medicine Programs

scientific article published on 01 February 2010

Non-cardiac chest pain: a retrospective cohort study of patients who attended a Rapid Access Chest Pain Clinic

scientific article

OA03.01. Acupuncture for chronic pain: an individual patient data meta-analysis of randomized trials.

scientific article published on 12 June 2012

Oscillatory neuronal dynamics associated with manual acupuncture: a magnetoencephalography study using beamforming analysis

scientific article (publication date: 2012)

Paradoxes in acupuncture research: strategies for moving forward

scientific article

Patient perspectives on outcomes after treatment with acupuncture

scientific article published in June 2001

Patient reports of adverse events associated with acupuncture treatment: a prospective national survey

scientific article published on October 2004

Patients seeking care from acupuncture practitioners in the UK: a national survey

scientific article published on 12 September 2005

Patients' experiences of acupuncture and counselling for depression and comorbid pain: a qualitative study nested within a randomised controlled trial.

scientific article

Patients' preferences within randomised trials: systematic review and patient level meta-analysis

scientific article published on 31 October 2008

Practitioner empathy, patient enablement and health outcomes: a prospective study of acupuncture patients.

scientific article published on 7 February 2006

Practitioner perspectives on strategies to promote longer-term benefits of acupuncture or counselling for depression: a qualitative study ⬇️

scientific article

Pragmatic clinical trials

scientific article published on 01 June 2004

Problems caused by heterogeneity in meta-analysis: a case study of acupuncture trials

scientific article published on 18 October 2013

Randomised controlled trial of a short course of traditional acupuncture compared with usual care for persistent non-specific low back pain.

scientific article

Randomized cohort trial was shown to be feasible for evaluating treatments in low back pain

scientific article published on 14 May 2014

Randomized trial within a trial of yellow ‘post-it notes’ did not improve questionnaire response rates among participants in a trial of treatments for neck pain

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Researching complementary and alternative treatments--the gatekeepers are not at home

scientific article (publication date: 11 February 2007)

Responses to the Acupuncture Trialists' Collaboration individual patient data meta-analysis

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Revised STandards for Reporting Interventions in Clinical Trials of Acupuncture (STRICTA): Extending the CONSORT Statement

article published in 2010

Revised STandards for Reporting Interventions in Clinical Trials of Acupuncture (STRICTA): extending the CONSORT statement

scientific article

Revised STandards for Reporting Interventions in Clinical Trials of Acupuncture (STRICTA): extending the CONSORT statement.

scientific article

Scoping review of systematic reviews of complementary medicine for musculoskeletal and mental health conditions

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Self-efficacy and embodiment associated with Alexander Technique lessons or with acupuncture sessions: A longitudinal qualitative sub-study within the ATLAS trial.

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Self-help advice as a process integral to traditional acupuncture care: implications for trial design

scientific article published on 8 April 2008

Short message service text messaging was feasible as a tool for data collection in a trial of treatment for irritable bowel syndrome

scientific article

Short term reactions to acupuncture--a cross-sectional survey of patient reports.

scientific article published in September 2005

Society for Acupuncture Research: 2007 conference report: "The status and future of acupuncture research: 10 years post-NIH Consensus Conference"

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Standards for Reporting Interventions in Controlled Trials of Acupuncture: The STRICTA Recommendations

scientific article published on 01 February 2002

Standards for reporting interventions in controlled trials of acupuncture: The STRICTA recommendations. STandards for Reporting Interventions in Controlled Trails of Acupuncture

scientific article

Standards for reporting interventions in controlled trials of acupuncture: the STRICTA recommendations.

scientific article published in December 2001

Text message reminders to improve questionnaire response rates

scientific article published on 14 June 2016

The York acupuncture safety study: prospective survey of 34 000 treatments by traditional acupuncturists

scientific article published in September 2001

The acceptability of acupuncture for low back pain: a qualitative study of patient's experiences nested within a randomised controlled trial

scientific article

The external use of comfrey: a practitioner survey.

scientific article published on 30 July 2014

The natural history of back pain after a randomised controlled trial of acupuncture vs usual care--long term outcomes.

scientific article published in December 2007

The safety of Chinese herbal medicine: a pilot study for a national survey

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Towards better reporting of interventions in clinical trials of acupuncture

scientific article published on 01 September 2010

Willingness to try acupuncture again: reports from patients on their treatment reactions in a low back pain trial

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Workshop report "Acupuncture and science: fundamental contradiction or creative tension" March 5(th)2001.

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World Congress Integrative Medicine & Health 2017: part two: Berlin, Germany. 3–5 May 2017.

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List of works by Hugh MacPherson

A critical scoping review of external uses of comfrey (Symphytum spp.).

A prospective survey of adverse events and treatment reactions following 34,000 consultations with professional acupuncturists

A randomised controlled trial of acupuncture care for persistent low back pain: cost effectiveness analysis

A systematic evaluation of the impact of STRICTA and CONSORT recommendations on quality of reporting for acupuncture trials

A systematic review of evidence for the effectiveness of practitioner-based complementary and alternative therapies in the management of rheumatic diseases: osteoarthritis

A systematic review of evidence for the effectiveness of practitioner-based complementary and alternative therapies in the management of rheumatic diseases: rheumatoid arthritis

Acupuncture Research: Strategies for Clinical Evaluation: Workshop Report, York, July 5–8, 2006

Acupuncture Research: Time to Shift from Theoretical to Practical Questions

Acupuncture and counselling for depression in primary care: a randomised controlled trial

Acupuncture and other physical treatments for the relief of pain due to osteoarthritis of the knee: network meta-analysis.

Acupuncture and the emerging evidence base: contrived controversy and rational debate

Acupuncture as a complex intervention for depression: A consensus method to develop a standardised treatment protocol for a randomised controlled trial

Acupuncture as a potential treatment for non-cardiac chest pain--a survey

Acupuncture as an intervention to reduce alcohol dependency: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Acupuncture for Chronic Pain: Update of an Individual Patient Data Meta-Analysis

Acupuncture for Depression: Exploring Model Validity and the Related Issue of Credibility in the Context of Designing a Pragmatic Trial

Acupuncture for Depression: Patterns of Diagnosis and Treatment within a Randomised Controlled Trial.

Acupuncture for chronic neck pain: a pilot for a randomised controlled trial

Acupuncture for chronic pain: individual patient data meta-analysis

Acupuncture for chronic pain: is acupuncture more than an effective placebo? A systematic review of pooled data from meta-analyses.

Acupuncture for depression

Acupuncture for depression: first steps toward a clinical evaluation

Acupuncture for depression: state of the evidence

Acupuncture for irritable bowel syndrome an exploratory randomised controlled trial

Acupuncture for irritable bowel syndrome: a protocol for a pragmatic randomised controlled trial.

Acupuncture for irritable bowel syndrome: diagnosis and treatment of patients in a pragmatic trial

Acupuncture for irritable bowel syndrome: primary care based pragmatic randomised controlled trial.

Acupuncture for low back pain: results of a pilot study for a randomized controlled trial

Acupuncture for low back pain: traditional diagnosis and treatment of 148 patients in a clinical trial

Acupuncture for military personnel health and performance.

Acupuncture for pain and osteoarthritis of the knee: a pilot study for an open parallel-arm randomised controlled trial

Acupuncture for tinnitus: a series of six n = 1 controlled trials

Acupuncture in practice: mapping the providers, the patients and the settings in a national cross-sectional survey

Acupuncture needle sensations associated with De Qi: a classification based on experts' ratings

Acupuncture needling sensation: the neural correlates of deqi using fMRI.

Acupuncture, Counseling, and Usual care for Depression (ACUDep): study protocol for a randomized controlled trial ⬇️

Acupuncture, counselling or usual care for depression and comorbid pain: secondary analysis of a randomised controlled trial

Acupuncture, or non-directive counselling versus usual care for the treatment of depression: a pilot study.

Alexander Technique Lessons, Acupuncture Sessions or usual care for patients with chronic neck pain (ATLAS): study protocol for a randomised controlled trial

Assessing the impact of attrition in randomized controlled trials

Assessing the utility of the standards for reporting trials of acupuncture (STRICTA): a survey of authors.

Attitudes of GPs towards the provision of acupuncture on the NHS

Beyond needling--therapeutic processes in acupuncture care: a qualitative study nested within a low-back pain trial

Brain imaging of acupuncture: comparing superficial with deep needling

Characteristics of acupuncture treatment associated with outcome: an individual patient meta-analysis of 17,922 patients with chronic pain in randomised controlled trials

Closing the evidence gap in integrative medicine

Controlling practitioner-patient relationships in acupuncture trials: a systematic review and meta-regression

Cost-effectiveness of acupuncture for irritable bowel syndrome: findings from an economic evaluation conducted alongside a pragmatic randomised controlled trial in primary care.

Costs and consequences of acupuncture as a treatment for chronic pain: a systematic review of economic evaluations conducted alongside randomised controlled trials.

Designing an RCT of acupuncture for depression--identifying appropriate patient groups: a qualitative study

Developments in acupuncture research: big-picture perspectives from the leading edge

Effectiveness guidance document (EGD) for acupuncture research - a consensus document for conducting trials

Empathy, Enablement, and Outcome: An Exploratory Study on Acupuncture Patients' Perceptions

Ensuring model validity in a feasibility study of acupuncture to improve quality of life in cancer patients undergoing radiotherapy treatment

Evaluating complex healthcare systems: a critique of four approaches

Evidence on acupuncture safety needs to be based on large-scale prospective surveys, not single case reports

Fatal and adverse events from acupuncture: allegation, evidence, and the implications

GP Participation and Recruitment of Patients to RCTs: Lessons from Trials of Acupuncture and Exercise for Low Back Pain in Primary Care

Homeopathy for mental fatigue: lessons from a randomized, triple blind, placebo-controlled cross-over clinical trial

How safe is acupuncture? Developing the evidence on risk.

Improving the Reporting of Interventions in Clinical Trials of Acupuncture: The Updated and Revised STRICTA

Improving the quality of reporting acupuncture interventions: describing the collaboration between STRICTA, CONSORT and the Chinese Cochrane Centre

Individual patient data meta-analysis of acupuncture for chronic pain: protocol of the Acupuncture Trialists' Collaboration ⬇️

Influence of control group on effect size in trials of acupuncture for chronic pain: a secondary analysis of an individual patient data meta-analysis

Informed consent for acupuncture--an information leaflet developed by consensus.

Insufficient evidence to determine the impact of patient preferences on clinical outcomes in acupuncture trials: a systematic review

Journal Club

Keeping the Door Open: Uncertainty About the Reliability and Efficacy of Traditional Approaches to Acupuncture

Longer term clinical and economic benefits of offering acupuncture care to patients with chronic low back pain

Longer-term clinical and economic benefits of offering acupuncture to patients with chronic low back pain assessed as suitable for primary care management

More About the Evidence in Evidence-Based Integrative Medicine Programs

Non-cardiac chest pain: a retrospective cohort study of patients who attended a Rapid Access Chest Pain Clinic

OA03.01. Acupuncture for chronic pain: an individual patient data meta-analysis of randomized trials.

Oscillatory neuronal dynamics associated with manual acupuncture: a magnetoencephalography study using beamforming analysis

Paradoxes in acupuncture research: strategies for moving forward

Patient perspectives on outcomes after treatment with acupuncture

Patient reports of adverse events associated with acupuncture treatment: a prospective national survey

Patients seeking care from acupuncture practitioners in the UK: a national survey

Patients' experiences of acupuncture and counselling for depression and comorbid pain: a qualitative study nested within a randomised controlled trial.