Selected Controlled Trials
Ahonen E, Hakumaki M, Mahlamaki S, Partanen J, Riekkinen P, Sivenius J. Acupuncture and physiotherapy in the treatment of myogenic headache patients: pain relief and EMG activity. Adv Pain Res Ther 1983;5:571-6.
Airaksinen O, Pontinen PJ. Effects of the electrical stimulation of myofascial trigger points with tension headache. Acupunct Electrother Res 1992 Oct-Dec;17(4):285-90.
Baust W, Sturtzbecher KH. [Management of migraine using acupuncture in a double-blind study]. Med Welt 1978 Apr 21;29(16):669-73. (Ger).
Carlsson J, Augustinsson LE, Blomstrand C, Sullivan M. Health status in patients with tension headache treated with acupuncture or physiotherapy. Headache 1990 Sep;30(9):593-9.
Carlsson J, Fahlcrantz A, Augustinsson LE. Muscle tenderness in tension headache treated with acupuncture or physiotherapy. Cephalalgia 1990 Jun;10(3):131-41.
Carlsson J, Rosenhall U. Oculomotor disturbances in patients with tension headache treated with acupuncture or physiotherapy. Cephalalgia 1990 Jun;10(3):123-9. Comment in: Cephalalgia 1991 Feb;11(1):57.
Carlsson J, Wedel A, Carlsson GE, Blomstrand C. Tension headache and signs and symptoms of craniomandibular disorders treated with acupuncture or physiotherapy. Pain Clin 1990;3(4):229-38.
Doerr-Proske H, Wittchen HU. [A muscle and vascular oriented relaxation program for the treatment of chronic migraine patients. A randomized clinical comparative study]. Z Psychosom Med Psychoanal 1985;31(3):247-66. (Ger).
Dowson DI, Lewith GT, Machin D. The effects of acupuncture versus placebo in the treatment of headache. Pain 1985 Jan;21(1):35-42.
Hansen PE, Hansen JH. [Acupuncture therapy for chronic tension headache. A controlled cross-over study]. Ugeskr Laeger 1984 Feb 27;146(9):649-52. (Dan).
Hansen PE, Hansen JH. Acupuncture treatment of chronic tension headache--a controlled cross-over trial. Cephalalgia 1985 Sep;5(3):137-42.
Hesse J, Mogelvang B, Simonsen H. Acupuncture versus metoprolol in migraine prophylaxis: a randomized trial of trigger point inactivation. J Intern Med 1994 May;235(5):451-6. Comment in: ACP J Club 1994 Sep-Oct;121 Suppl 2:36.
Heydenreich A. [Punctate transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation in functional vertebragenic disorders and in migraine]. Z Gesamte Inn Med 1988 Nov 15;43(22):651-3. (Ger).
Heydenreich A. [Single-point transcutaneous electric nerve stimulation in a simple placebo comparison in migraine (a prospective randomized study)]. Z Arztl Fortbild (Jena) 1989;83(17):881-3. (Ger).
Heydenreich A, Thiessen M. [Comparison of the effectiveness of drug therapy, invasive and non-invasive acupuncture in migraine]. Z Arztl Fortbild (Jena) 1989;83(17):877-9. (Ger).
Lehmann V, Banzhaf E, Kunze E, Stube G, Theil G, Schilling C, Mobius M, Wenzel K-P, Hahn D. [Randomized clinically controlled study of the efficacy of acupuncture in comparison with electroacupuncture as well as drug therapy with propranolol in patients with recurrent migraine]. Dtsch Z Akupunktur 1991;34(2):27-30. (Ger).
Lenhard L, Waite PM. Acupuncture in the prophylactic treatment of migraine headaches: pilot study. N Z Med J 1983 Aug 24;96(738):663-6.
Lundeberg T, Hurtig T, Lundeberg S, Thomas M. Long-term results of acupuncture in chronic head and neck pain. Pain Clin 1988;2(1):15-31.