Trial reportJournal of alternative and complementary medicine (New York, N.Y.)2012
P6 acupressure effectiveness on acute vertiginous patients: a double blind randomized study.
Trial report in Journal of alternative and complementary medicine (New York, N.Y.), 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03075163 (Optimization of Post-Operative Therapy for Nausea or Vomiting), which is not on this map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Optimization of Post-Operative Therapy for Nausea or Vomiting
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6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 12 citations in OpenAlex.
- Sham Acupressure Controls Used in Randomized Controlled Trials: A Systematic Review and Critique.PloS one · 2015Pooled it
- Encephalitozoonosis in Pet Rabbits: Epidemiology, Pathogenesis, Immunology and Consensus on Clinical Management.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2026Review
- Contemporary acupressure therapy: Adroit cure for painless recovery of therapeutic ailments.Journal of traditional and complementary medicine · 2017Review
- Efficacy and safety of acupuncture for dizziness and vertigo in emergency department: a pilot cohort study.BMC complementary and alternative medicine · 2015Article
- P6 acupressure effectiveness in patients with acute vertigo.Journal of alternative and complementary medicine (New York, N.Y.) · 2014Article
- Possible perspectives of p6 acupressure.Nursing and midwifery studies · 2013Article
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Abstract
objectivesThe purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of P6 acupressure on vertigo and neurovegetative symptoms, its possible interference with vestibular-ocular reflex (VOR), and its clinical usefulness during acute vertigo. MATERIALS AND
methodsTwo hundred and four patients, either affected by acute vertigo (n=124) or undergoing labyrinth stimulation (n=80), were randomly divided in two homogeneous groups: an experimental group A and a placebo group B. Each patient rated severity of vertigo and neurovegetative symptoms on a visuo-analogue scale ranging from 0 to 10, before and after bilateral placement of a P6 device. The latter was placed on the P6 acupressure point (appropriate placement) in Group A patients or on the dorsal part of the carpus (inappropriate placement) in the Group B patients. Furthermore, qualitative and quantitative nystagmus parameters were collected via recorded video-oculoscopy and electronystagmography.
resultsEighty-five percent of Group A patients reported improvement of symptoms, which was significant for neurovegetative symptoms, but not for vertigo. In contrast, only 11% of the Group B patients reported improvement. VOR analysis did not show any significant variation of qualitative and quantitative nystagmus variables.
conclusionsThis study demonstrated that the P6 device is effective in improving neurovegetative symptoms in patients affected by spontaneous and provoked vertigo, without any interference with VOR. Given the low cost and lack of side-effects of the P6 device, its routine application is suggested for acute vertigo and during labyrinth stimulation.
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