Research Publications



Colbert, A. P., Hayes, M., Aickin, M., & Hammerschlag, R. (2006). Physiologic Variability of Electrical Skin Resistance Measurements At the Ting Acupuncture Points. Med Acupunct, 17.
 
Hammerschlag, R. & Zwickey, H. (2006). Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine: back to basics. J Altern Complement Med, 12, 349-350.
 
Sinclair-Lian, N., Hollifield, M., Menache, M., Warner, T., Viscaya, J., & Hammerschlag, R. (2006). Developing a traditional chinese medicine diagnostic structure for post-traumatic stress disorder. J Altern.Complement Med, 12, 45-57.
 
Ahn, A. C., Wu, J., Badger, G. J., Hammerschlag, R., & Langevin, H. M. (2005). Electrical impedance along connective tissue planes associated with acupuncture meridians. BMC.Complement Altern Med, 5, 10.
 
Hammerschlag, R. & Milley, R. (2005). Controlled Clinical Trials in Acupuncture. In Rakel D & Faass N (Eds.), Complementary Medicine in Clinical Practice: Integrative Practice in American Healthcare  ( Sudbury: Jones and Bartlett Publishers .
 
Hammerschlag, R., Milley, R., Colbert, A. P., Weih, J., Yohalem-Ilsley, B., & Aickin, M. (2005). Acupuncture RCTs: quality of reporting assessed with a CONSORT and STRICTA-based instrument. Focus Altern Compl Ther 10, 24-25.
 
Colbert, A. P., Hammerschlag, R., Aickin, M., & McNames, J. (2004). Reliability of the prognos electrodermal device for measurements of electrical skin resistance at acupuncture points. J Altern Complement Med, 10, 610-616.
 
Hammerschlag, R., Milley, R., Colbert, A. P., Weih, J., Yohalem-Ilsley, B., & Aickin, M. (2004). Randomized Controlled Trials of Acupuncture, 1997-2002: Pilot Test of a CONSORT and STRICTA Based Quality of Reporting Instrument. J Altern Complement Med, 10, 203-204.
 
Nielsen A & Hammerschlag, R. (2004). Acupuncture and East Asian Medicine. In B.Kligler & R. Lee (Eds.), Integrative Medicine: Principles forPractice  (pp. 177-217). New York : McGraw-Hill .
 
Tsunami, D., Colbert, A., Lu, Z., Pearson, S., McNames, J., & Hammerschlag, R. (2004). Physiologic responses to acupuncture point stimulation: a pilot study to evaluate methods and instrumentation. Conf Proc IEEE Eng Med Biol.Soc, 5, 3611-3614.
 
Hammerschlag, R. (2003). Acupuncture: on what should its evidence base be based? Altern.Ther.Health Med, 9, 34-35.
 
Hintz, K., Yount, G., & Kadar, I. (2003). Bioenergy definitions and research guidelines. (9 ed.) (vols. 3).
 
Birch, S., Hammerschlag, R., Trinh, K. V., & Zaslawski, C. (2002). The non-specific effects of acupuncture treatment: When and how to control for them. Clin Acupunct Oriental Med, 3, 20-25.
 
Hammerschlag, R. (2002). Physiology of acupuncture. In Cassidy CM (Ed.), Contemporary Practice of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (pp. 203-222). New York: Churchill-Livingstone .
 
MacPherson, H., Sherman, K., Hammerschlag, R., Birch, S., Lao, L., & Zaslawski, C. (2002). The clinical evaluation of traditional East Asian system of medicine. Clin Acupunct Oriental Med, 3, 16-19.
 
White, A. R., Trinh K, & Hammerschlag, R. (2002). Performing systematic reviews of clinical trials of acupuncture: problemsand solutions. Clin Acupunct Oriental Med, 3, 26-31.
 
Hammerschlag, R. & Lao, L. (2001). Future directions for research on the physiology of acupuncture. In G.Stux & R. Hammerschlag (Eds.), ClinicalAcupuncture: Scientific Basis (pp. 211-219). Berlin: Springer.
 
Hammerschlag, R., Kaneko, R., & Bourdette, D. (2001). Treatment of multiple sclerosis-specific fatigue with traditional Chinesemedicine: development of a randomized, controlled pilot study. Altern Ther Health Med 7, S14.
 
Lao, L., Ezzo, J., Hammerschlag, R., & Berman, B. (2001). Assessing clinical efficacy of acupuncture: Considerations fordesigning future acupuncture trials. In
G.Stux & R. Hammerschlag (Eds.), Clinical Acupuncture: Scientific Basis,  (pp. 187-209). Berlin : Springer .
 
Stux, G. & Hammerschlag, R. (2001). Clinical acupuncture: Scientific Basis. (1 ed.) Verlag: Springer.
 
Williams, L. A. & Hammerschlag, R. (2001). Designing clinical research comparing multiple complementary and alternativemedicine systems: the experience of an NCCAM Center . Altern Ther Health Med 7, S37.
 
Hammerschlag, R. (2000). Funding of acupuncture research by the National Institutes of Health: A brief history. Clin Acupunct Oriental Med 1, 133-138.
 
Hammerschlag, R. (1998). Methodological and ethical issues in clinical trials of acupuncture. J.Altern.Complement Med., 4, 159-171.
 
Hammerschlag, R. & Morris, M. M. (1997). Clinical trials comparing acupuncture to biomedical standard care: A criteria-basedevaluation of research design and reporting. Compl Ther Med 5, 133-140.
 
Birch, S. & Hammerschlag, R. (1996). Acupuncture Efficacy: A compendium of controlled clinical trials. Tarrytown, NY: National Academy of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine.
 
Birch, S., Hammerschlag, R., & Berman, B. M. (1996). Acupuncture in the treatment of pain. J Altern Complement Med, 2, 101-124.
 
Hammerschlag, R. & Parfitt, A. (1994). Research proposals on the clinical effectiveness of acupuncture: guidelines and suggestions for grant writing. Am J Acupunct 22, 55-60.
 
Sierpina VS, Kreitzer MJ, Brodsky M, Fung C, Hui K, Stuber M, Fleishman S. 2006. Mind-body faculty development at UCLA and the symposium for Portland area research on complementary and alternative medicine.  Explore 2(6):547-9

Boon. H., MacPherson, H., Fleishman, S., Grimsgaard, S., Koithan, M., & Johan Morheim, A., et al. (2006). Evaluating complex healthcare systems: A critique of four approaches. [Commentary]. Evidence Based Complementary Alternative Medicine, Volume(IssueNumber). Retrieved May 10, 2007 from Oxford Journals.
 
Verhoef MJ, Lewith G, Ritenbaugh C, Boon H, Fleishman S, Leis A. 2005. Complementary and alternative medicine whole systems research: beyond identification of inadequacies of the RCT. Complement Ther Med 13(3):206-12.

Ritenbaugh C, Verhoef M, Fleishman S, Boon H, Leis A. 2003. Whole systems research: a discipline for studying complementary and alternative medicine.  Altern Ther Health Med  9(4):32-6.

Maizes V, Koffler K, Fleishman S. 2002.  Revisiting the health history: an integrative medicine approach. Adv Mind Body Med 18(2):31-4.