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Acupuncture in the management of pain of musculoskeletal and neurologic origin.

Wong JY, Rapson LM.

Acupuncture Foundation of Canada Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Acupuncture has been used as therapeutic treatment for the health of the Chinese people for more than 3000 years; it is a system for diagnosing and treating disease using fine needles inserted into specific points of the body. Acupuncture can treat a wide variety of conditions. This article discusses the use of acupuncture in the management of pain of musculoskeletal and neurologic origin, with a focus on pain in spinal cord injuries.