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SynthesisWorld journal of gastroenterology2007

Acupuncture treatment in gastrointestinal diseases: a systematic review.

Antonius Schneider, Konrad Streitberger, Stefanie Joos

Registry-linked trialAbstract readSystematic Review
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In one paragraph

Synthesis in World journal of gastroenterology, 2007. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06950320 (Clinical Outcome of Electrical Auricular Vagal Stimulation in Patients With Stable Symptomatic Chronic Heart Failure), which is not on this map. Cited by 26 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
26citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
11.9field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT06950320 nacompletednot on this mapstarted 2014, after this paper: background citation

Clinical Outcome of Electrical Auricular Vagal Stimulation in Patients With Stable Symptomatic Chronic Heart Failure

TypeinterventionalSponsorMedical University of ViennaRan2014 to 2016Enrolled13ConditionsChronic Heart FailureArmsP-STIM (Biegler, Mauerbach, Austria) is a battery-operated micro-stimulation appliance, Placebo
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

26 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 79 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Acupuncture for functional dyspepsia.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2014
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  15. Acupuncture for Functional Dyspepsia: A Single Blinded, Randomized, Controlled Trial.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2015
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  16. A new acupuncture method for management of irritable bowel syndrome: A randomized double blind clinical trial.Journal of research in medical sciences : the official journal of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences · 2014
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  17. Stress reactivity in traditional Chinese medicine-based subgroups of patients with irritable bowel syndrome.Journal of alternative and complementary medicine (New York, N.Y.) · 2014
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  20. Influence of acupuncture stimulation on cerebral network in functional diarrhea.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2013
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Antonius SchneiderDepartment of General Practice and Health Services Research, University Medical Hospital Heidelberg, Vossstrasse 2, Heidelberg 69120, Germany. antonius.schneider@med.uni-heidelberg.de
Konrad Streitberger
Stefanie Joos
Heidelberg University · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The purpose of this work was to assess the evidence for effectiveness of acupuncture (AC) treatment in gastrointestinal diseases. A systematic review of the Medline-cited literature for clinical trials was performed up to May 2006. Controlled trials assessing acupuncture point stimulation for patients with gastrointestinal diseases were considered for inclusion. The search identified 18 relevant trials meeting the inclusion criteria. Two irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) trials, 1 Crohn's disease and 1 colitis ulcerosa trial had a robust random controlled trial (RCT) design. In regard to other gastrointestinal disorders, study quality was poor. In all trials, quality of life (QoL) improved significantly independently from the kind of acupuncture, real or sham. Real AC was significantly superior to sham acupuncture with regard to disease activity scores in the Crohn and Colitis trials. Efficacy of acupuncture related to QoL in IBS may be explained by unspecific effects. This is the same for QoL in inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD), whereas specific acupuncture effects may be found in clinical scores. Further trials for IBDs and in particular for all other gastrointestinal disorders would be necessary to evaluate the efficacy of acupuncture treatment. However, it must be discussed on what terms patients benefit when this harmless and obviously powerful therapy with regard to QoL is demystified by further placebo controlled trials.

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Acupuncture TherapyGastrointestinal DiseasesHumansInflammatory Bowel DiseasesIrritable Bowel SyndromeQuality of LifeRandomized Controlled Trials as Topic

Identifiers

PMID17659687
PMCPMC4146776
OpenAlexW2148583243

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