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Wolfgang Weidenhammer
Researcher at Technische Universität München
Publications - 88
Citations - 4479
Wolfgang Weidenhammer is an academic researcher from Technische Universität München. The author has contributed to research in topics: Acupuncture & Randomized controlled trial. The author has an hindex of 26, co-authored 88 publications receiving 4244 citations. Previous affiliations of Wolfgang Weidenhammer include Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich.
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St John's wort for depression—an overview and meta-analysis of randomised clinical trials
Klaus Linde,Gilbert Ramirez,Cynthia D. Mulrow,Andrej Pauls,Wolfgang Weidenhammer,Dieter Melchart +5 more
TL;DR: There is evidence that extracts of Hypericum perforatum (St John's wort) are more effective than placebo for the treatment of mild to moderately severe depressive disorders.
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Acupuncture for patients with migraine: a randomized controlled trial.
Klaus Linde,Andrea Streng,Susanne Jürgens,Andrea Hoppe,Benno Brinkhaus,Claudia M. Witt,Stephan Wagenpfeil,V. Pfaffenrath,Michael Hammes,Wolfgang Weidenhammer,Stefan N. Willich,Dieter Melchart +11 more
TL;DR: It is found that acupuncture was no more effective than sham acupuncture in reducing migraine headaches although both interventions were moreeffective than a waiting list control.
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The impact of patient expectations on outcomes in four randomized controlled trials of acupuncture in patients with chronic pain
Klaus Linde,Claudia M. Witt,Andrea Streng,Wolfgang Weidenhammer,Stefan Wagenpfeil,Benno Brinkhaus,Stefan N. Willich,Dieter Melchart,Dieter Melchart +8 more
TL;DR: In four randomized controlled trials of acupuncture in patients with migraine, tension‐type headache, chronic low back pain, and osteoarthritis of the knee a significant association was shown between better improvement and higher outcome expectations.
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Acupuncture in patients with tension-type headache: randomised controlled trial
Dieter Melchart,Andrea Streng,Andrea Hoppe,Benno Brinkhaus,Claudia M. Witt,Stefan Wagenpfeil,V. Pfaffenrath,Michael Hammes,Josef Hummelsberger,Dominik Irnich,Wolfgang Weidenhammer,Stefan N. Willich,Klaus Linde +12 more
TL;DR: The acupuncture intervention investigated in this trial was more effective than no treatment but not significantly moreeffective than minimal acupuncture for the treatment of tension-type headache.