ReviewEvidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM2013
Systematic review of randomized clinical trials of acupressure therapy for primary dysmenorrhea.
Review in Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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The trial behind it
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Who cites it
7 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 17 citations in OpenAlex.
- Traditional Chinese medicine interventions based on meridian theory for pain relief in patients with primary dysmenorrhea: a systematic review and network meta-analysis.Frontiers in medicine · 2024Pooled it
- Mind-Body Therapies From Traditional Chinese Medicine: Evidence Map.Frontiers in public health · 2021Pooled it
- The Effect of Exercise Plan Based on FITT Protocol on Primary Dysmenorrhea in Medical Students: A Clinical Trial Study.Journal of research in health sciences · 2019Trial
- Effect of an Acupuncture Technique of Penetrating throughPain research & management · 2019Trial
- Complementary and alternative therapies in the treatment of primary dysmenorrhea.Frontiers in reproductive health · 2025Review
- Influence of the Intensity, Components, and Spreading of the Deqi Sensation on the Analgesic Effect of SP6 Needling in Primary Dysmenorrhea Patients: A Secondary Analysis of a Randomised Controlled Trial.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2019Article
- Acupuncture for Primary Dysmenorrhea: An Overview of Systematic Reviews.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2018Review
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Authors and funding
7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
Funding
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Abstract
The evidence of acupressure is limited in the management of dysmenorrhea. To evaluate the efficacy of acupressure in the treatment of primary dysmenorrhea based on randomized controlled trials (RCTs), we searched MEDLINE, the Chinese Biomedical Database (CBM), and the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL) databases from inception until March 2012. Two reviewers independently selected articles and extracted data. Statistical analysis was performed with RevMan 5.1 software. Eight RCTs were identified from the retrieved 224 relevant records. Acupressure improved pain measured with VAS (-1.41 cm 95% CI [-1.61, -1.21]), SF-MPQ at the 3-month followup (WMD -2.33, 95% CI [-4.11, -0.54]) and 6-month followup (WMD -4.67, 95% CI [-7.30, -2.04]), and MDQ at the 3-month followup (WMD -2.31, 95% CI [-3.74, -0.87]) and 6-month followup (WMD -4.67, 95% CI [-7.30, -2.04]). All trials did not report adverse events. These results were limited by the methodological flaws of trials.
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Registered trials
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