Abstracts tagged "acupressure and clinical trials"

Abstract Number: 2597 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Acupressure For The Treatment Of Raynaud’s Phenomenon: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial
Heather Gladue¹, Richard E. Harris², Veronica Berrocal³, Pei-Suen Tsou⁴, Gautam Edhayan⁵, Ray Ohara⁵ and Dinesh Khanna⁶, ¹University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ²Anesthesiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ³Department of Biostatistics- School of Public Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ⁴Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, MI, ⁵University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, ⁶Division of Rheumatology, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, MI
Background/Purpose: Raynaud’s phenomenon (RP) affects approximately 10% of the US population. The high cost, lack of efficacy, and side effects of conventional medical therapies necessitates…