ArticleBMC complementary and alternative medicine2015
Efficacy and safety of acupuncture for dizziness and vertigo in emergency department: a pilot cohort study.
Article in BMC complementary and alternative medicine, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT02358239 (Efficacy and Safety of Acupuncture for Dizziness and Vertigo in Emergency Department), which is not on this map. Cited by 17 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Efficacy and Safety of Acupuncture for Dizziness and Vertigo in Emergency Department: a Clinical Control Trial
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17 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 43 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Traumatic Brain Injury: Acupuncture Treatment.Medical acupuncture · 2023Article
- Multi-effective characteristics and advantages of acupuncture in COVID-19 treatment.Acupuncture and herbal medicine · 2023Review
- Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS) for Opioid-Induced Constipation in Palliative Care: A Systematic Review and Network Meta-Analysis.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2023Review
- Migrainous Vertigo, Tinnitus, and Ear Symptoms and Alternatives.Otolaryngologic clinics of North America · 2022Review
- The Relationship between Meniere's Disease and Acute Low-Tone Sensorineural Hearing Loss.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2022Article
- Positive Effects of Laser Acupuncture in Methamphetamine Users Undergoing Group Cognitive Behavioral Therapy: A Pilot Study.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2021Article
- A scoping review of cohort studies assessing traditional Chinese medicine interventions.BMC complementary medicine and therapies · 2020Article
- Efficacy and safety of acupuncture for posterior circulation ischemic vertigo: A protocol for systematic review and meta-analysis.Medicine · 2020Article
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- Acupuncture for vertebrobasilar insufficiency vertigo: Protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis.Medicine · 2017Article
- The Role of Phlebotomy ( Fasd) and Wet Cupping ( Hijamat) to Manage Dizziness and Vertigo From the Viewpoint of Persian Medicine.Journal of evidence-based complementary & alternative medicine · 2017Article
- A Herbal Medicine,Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2017Article
- Emergency and Critical Care Medicine: An Essential Component of All Specialties and Practices.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2017Article
- Acupuncture Points Stimulation for Meniere's Disease/Syndrome: A Promising Therapeutic Approach.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2016Review
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7 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
backgroundDizziness and vertigo account for roughly 4% of chief symptoms in the emergency department (ED). Pharmacological therapy is often applied for these symptoms, such as vestibular suppressants, anti-emetics and benzodiazepines. However, every medication is accompanied with unavoidable side-effects. There are several research articles providing evidence of acupuncture treating dizziness and vertigo but few studies of acupuncture as an emergent intervention in ED. We performed a pilot cohort study to evaluate the efficacy and safety of acupuncture in treating patients with dizziness and vertigo in ED.
methodsA total of 60 participants, recruited in ED, were divided into acupuncture and control group. Life-threatening conditions or central nervous system disorders were excluded to ensure participants' safety. The clinical effect of treating dizziness and vertigo was evaluated by performing statistical analyses on data collected from questionnaires of Dizziness Handicap Inventory (DHI), Visual Analog Scale (VAS) of dizziness and vertigo, and heart rate variability (HRV).
resultsThe variation of VAS demonstrated a significant decrease (p-value: 0.001 and p-value: 0.037) between two groups after two different durations: 30 mins and 7 days. The variation of DHI showed no significant difference after 7 days. HRV revealed a significant increase in high frequency (HF) in the acupuncture group. No adverse event was reported in this study.
conclusionAcupuncture demonstrates a significant immediate effect in reducing discomforts and VAS of both dizziness and vertigo. This study provides clinical evidence on the efficacy and safety of acupuncture to treat dizziness and vertigo in the emergency department.
trial registrationClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT02358239 . Registered 5 February 2015.
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