ArticleEvidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM2012
Clinical studies on treatment of earthquake-caused posttraumatic stress disorder using electroacupuncture.
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- Effectiveness of electroacupuncture on anxiety: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Pooled it
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- Symptom Trends Among Evacuees Treated with Acupuncture and Moxibustion in Shelters Located at the Epicenter of the 2016 Kumamoto Earthquakes in Japan.Medical acupuncture · 2026Article
- Neuromodulatory Effects of Alternating Current Electroacupuncture on PTSD-like Behaviors via Gut-Brain Axis Communication.Brain sciences · 2025Article
- Risk factors for posttraumatic stress disorder in patients with multiple injuries and its relationship with anxiety and depression.World journal of psychiatry · 2025Article
- A neural circuit associated with anxiety-like behaviors induced by chronic inflammatory pain and the anxiolytic effects of electroacupuncture.CNS neuroscience & therapeutics · 2024Article
- Efficacy and underlying mechanisms of acupuncture therapy for PTSD: evidence from animal and clinical studies.Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience · 2023Review
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- The Impact of Electroacupuncture Early Intervention on the Brain Lipidome in a Mouse Model of Post-traumatic Stress Disorder.Frontiers in molecular neuroscience · 2022Article
- Efficacy and Underlying Mechanism of Acupuncture in the Treatment of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: A Systematic Review of Animal Studies.Journal of clinical medicine · 2021Review
- Neurofeedback self-regulating training in patients with Post traumatic stress disorder: A randomized controlled trial study protocol.Integrative medicine research · 2020Article
- Non-pharmacological and non-psychological approaches to the treatment of PTSD: results of a systematic review and meta-analyses.European journal of psychotraumatology · 2020Article
- Efficacy and safety of acupuncture in treating post-traumatic stress disorder: A protocol for systematic review and meta-analysis.Medicine · 2020Article
- Electroacupuncture Alleviates Pain-Related Emotion by Upregulating the Expression of NPS and Its Receptor NPSR in the Anterior Cingulate Cortex and Hypothalamus.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2020Article
- Efficacy and safety of ear acupuncture for trauma-related disorders after large-scale disasters: A protocol of systematic review.Medicine · 2019Article
- Study on the mechanism of TMRK electroacupuncture in repairing synaptic plasticity in amygdala and hippocampus to relieve fear memory in PTSD rats.Technology and health care : official journal of the European Society for Engineering and Medicine · 2019Article
- Integrative Therapy Approaches for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: A Special Focus on Treating Veterans.Focus (American Psychiatric Publishing) · 2017Review
- Acupuncture/electroacupuncture enhances anti-depressant effect of Seroxat: the Symptom Checklist-90 scores.Neural regeneration research · 2014Article
- Acupuncture for posttraumatic stress disorder: a systematic review of randomized controlled trials and prospective clinical trials.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2013Article
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Abstract
The objective of this study was to assess the efficacy and safety of electroacupuncture in 138 patients with earthquake-caused PTSD using Randomized Controlled Trials (RCTs). 138 cases enrolled were randomly assigned to an electro-acupuncture group and a paroxetine group. The electro-acupuncture group was treated by scalp electro-acupuncture on Baihui (GV 20), Sishencong (EX-HN 1), Shenting (GV 24), and Fengchi (GB 20), and the paroxetine group was treated with simple oral administration of paroxetine. The efficacy and safety of the electro-acupuncture on treatment of 69 PTSD patients were evaluated using Clinician-Administered PTSD Scale (CAPS), Hamilton Depression Scale (HAMD), Hamilton Anxiety Scale (HAMA), and Treatment Emergent Symptom Scale (TESS) according to clinical data. The total scores of CAPS, HAMD, and HAMA in the two groups after treatment showed significant efficacy compared to those before treatment. The comparison of reduction in the scores of CAPS, HAMD, and HAMA between the two groups suggested that the efficacy in the treated group was better than that in the paroxetine group. The present study suggested that the electro-acupuncture and paroxetine groups have significant changes in test PTSD, but the electro-acupuncture 2 group was more significant.
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