. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jul 9.

Published in final edited form as: Am J Med. 2008 Jan;121(1):79.e1–79.e7. doi: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2007.07.033

Table 1.

Comparison of Acupuncture with Sham Acupuncture Treatment for Chronic Prostatitis/Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome

Treatment	Acupuncture	Sham Acupuncture
Points used	4	4
No of needles used	6	6
No of sessions	2 weekly sessions for 10 weeks	2 weekly sessions for 10 weeks
Duration	30 minutes	30 minutes
Needle Stimulation	None	None
Needle diameter	0.3mm	0.3mm
Needle length	40mm – 60mm depending on location of acupuncture point	25mm for all points
Location of points	CV1-GuanYuan	Needling performed 15mm to the left of actual acupuncture points
	CV4-Huiyin
	SP6-Sanyinjiao	CV1, CV4, SP6 or SP9
	SP9-Yinlingquan
Depth of needling	CV4–60mm	15mm or less for all points
	CV1–50mm
	SP6 & SP9-40mm

Acupuncture and sham acupuncture were similar in all variables except for the location and depth of needling.