Chair – introduction

9.35

Richard Hammerschlag: TCM for TMD: A test of Whole Systems Research

10.20

Frauke Musial: Top Down or Bottom Up: Possible specific and unspecific mechanisms in acupuncture related pain control

11.05

Coffee – Posters – Research surgery

11.35

Sarah Budd: Maternity acupuncture in the NHS : a "MYMOP" audit

11.45

David Mayor: A multiphase study on the effects of electroacupuncture on the EEG and heart rate variability: Some preliminary results

11.55

Tom Sydenham: 'How do traditional acupuncturists diagnose and treat loss and grief?'

12.05

Vivienne Fort: Acupuncture and Manual Therapy for back pain; cohort study with embedded RCT

12.15

Jane Robinson: Communication about self-care in traditional acupuncture consultations: the co-construction of individualised advice

12.25

to be announced

12.35

Questions & discussion

13.00

Lunch - Posters - Research surgery

14.15

Nadine Foster: The Effects of Acupuncture on Chronic Pain: Results of the Acupuncture Trialists Collaboration

15.00

Hugh Macpherson: Comparing acupuncture with other physical interventions for osteoarthritis of the knee: a network meta-analysis

15.45

Tea – Posters - Research surgery

16.15

Richard Hammerschlag: Biofield Physiology: Exploring Interfaces between Biofield Healing and Conventional Physiology

16.45

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