Acupuncture applied at local or distal acupoints reduces pain related to temporomandibular disorders in female patients
Both local and distal acupoints reduced jaw pain in women with temporomandibular disorders.
Treating acute low back pain with acupuncture: a randomized controlled study protocol to compare the effectiveness between distal and local acupoints
An ongoing trial in 102 adults testing distal-only against local-plus-distal acupuncture for acute low back pain.