Adding Acupuncture to Touch/Relaxation for Pain in Wartime: A Randomized Controlled Trial
IO treatments led to reduced pain among patients with cancer living in a war zone, with no additive effect of acupuncture. HRV changes suggest enhanced parasympathetic activity, with acupuncture-treated patients showing additional frequency-domain changes attributed to decreased sympathetic tone.
Authors
- Noah Samuels (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1122-9607)
- Ofer Lavie (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0809-3777)
- Orit Gressel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0184-0453)
- Eran Ben‐Arye (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4058-3672)
- Jan Vagedes (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0021-088X)
- Sameer Kassem (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3588-0338)
- Vika Zaritsky
Institutions
- Technion – Israel Institute of Technology (IL)
- Hebrew University of Jerusalem (IL)
- Shaare Zedek Medical Center (IL)
- Carmel Medical Center (IL)
- Rappaport Family Institute for Research in the Medical Sciences (IL)
- Academic Research in Complementary and Integrative Medicine (DE)
- Clalit Health Services (IL)
- University of Tübingen (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Pain and Symptom Management
- Published
- 2025-12-09
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2025.12.001
- Primary Topic
- Acupuncture Treatment Research Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00