SAR's Evidence Based Assessments

Every month, an average of 100 acupuncture-related articles are published in more than 50 journals.  To stay current, your team would need to spend hours combing through journals – practically impossible.  This is where the Society for Acupuncture Research (SAR) can help.   If you are not currently a member of SAR, consider joining today so that you can benefit from the breadth and depth of SAR’s expertise.

SAR’s Evidence Based Assessments are based on the same reports created for use by insurance companies in substantiating insurance claims, in curriculum development, to generate innovative hypotheses, and educating physicians and patients.

As an acupuncture professional, whether you’re a practitioner, researcher, or educator, you need to stay informed and up-to-date on your field of practice.  With a solid base of knowledge, you will be better equipped to provide superior service to those who come to you for help.  Therefore, you need to be aware of relevant research that supports, or sometimes negates, acupuncture treatment for various conditions. 

What is the best way to stay informed?  You could spend countless hours combing through research studies to analyze and compile results to inform your work.  Or, you could keep the status quo, and receive the same results you have now.

Access to SAR's library of Evidence Based Assessments for acupuncture is a key benefit of membership, and is also available as a stand-alone subscription product. 

Current conditions in the EBA Library include:

  • Anxiety

  • Asthma

  • Bell's Palsy

  • Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

  • Depression

  • Dysmenorrhea

  • Fibromyalgia

  • Headache

  • Hyperlipidemia

  • Hypertension

  • Irritable Bowel Syndrome

  • Lower Back Pain

  • Menopause

  • Neck Pain

  • Pediatrics

  • Rhinitis/Sinusitis

  • Shoulder Pain

Also included in the library are 1-page handouts that summarize the research related to each condition.  These handouts are designed for practitioners to give to patients or for other informational purposes. 

For access to the full EBA Library, you can either join SAR today where it is included as a benefit of membership, or you can purchase a stand-alone subscription product. 

Click here to learn more about membership.

Subscribe to SAR's Library of Evidence Based Assessments (EBAs): Stand-Alone Subscription Product

Individual license:  $97  (one-person license for full assessments -- annual subscription -- includes access to 1-page handouts for public distribution)

Advocacy multi-use license:  $295   (license to share the content from EBA publications for the sole purpose of supporting advocacy around legislative issues at the national or state level - annual subscription -- includes access to 1-page handouts for public distribution)

EBA subscriptions are non-refundable.

To subscribe to the EBA library, click here and choose the “Subscription Only” option.