Research theme for competitive and other funds (10):
2021 - 2026 Double-blind Efficacy: Randomized Controlled Pilot Study of Acupuncture for Post-stroke Spasticity.
2021 - 2023 Modulation Effects of Imagined Acupuncture and No Touch Placebo Acupuncture
2019 - 2023 Reinvestigation of Katakori (neck/shoulder stiffness) in Japan: comparing with neck pain in the US.
2017 - 2023 Effects of Acupuncture on Nonspecific Low Back Pain - World's First Double-Blind Placebo Controlled Clinical Trial
2017 - 2022 University of Illinois Chicago,TAU,Harvard University, University of Florida
2016 - 2021 Is acupuncture really effective on neck/shoulder stiffness? Randomized double-blind placebo controlled clinical trials.
2015 - 2020 A randomized acupuncture trial on non-specific neck/shoulder stiffness to investigate placebo and nocebo effects lurking in blind study
2015 - 2018 KAKEN
2010 - 2012 Is acupuncture placebo?: Investigating efficacy and mechanism of acupuncture using world's first double-blind needles.
2011 - 2011 A brain mechanism for alleviation of muscle tension with stimulation to the small afferent fibers.
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Papers (93):
Takakura, N, Takayama, M, Kaptchuk, T.J, Kong, J, Yajima, H. Reply to Birch et al. Comment on “Takakura et al. Acupuncture for Japanese Katakori (Chronic Neck Pain): A Randomized Placebo-Controlled Double-Blind Study. Medicina 2023, 59, 2141”. Medicina. 2024. Medicina 2024,. 60. 1438
Nobuari Takakura, Valera Sacca, Miho Takayama, Qiao Kong, Tomohiro Tanaka, Takahiro Yamada, Konomi Imanishi, Amy Katherine Ursitti, Meixuan Zhu, Hiroyoshi Yajima, et al. Modulation effects of imagery acupuncture and no-touch double-blinded placebo acupuncture, a cross-over pilot study. Brain Behavior and Immunity Integrative. 2024. 100068-100068
Takahiro Yamada, Hiroyoshi Yajima, Miho Takayama, Morihiro Nasu, Konomi Imanishi, Judith M Schlaegerhttps, Nobuari Takakura. Effect of acupuncture on corrugator muscle activity in temporomandibular joint disorder: a case report. Acupuncture in Medicine. 2024. https://doi.org/10.1177/09645284241262049
The Society for Interdisciplinary Placebo Studies (SIPS)
, Japanese Society of Physical Fitness and Sports Medicine
, The Japan Society of Acupuncture and Moxibustion