SynthesisItalian journal of pediatrics2015
Efficacy of acupuncture in children with asthma: a systematic review.
Synthesis in Italian journal of pediatrics, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05166551 (The Effect of Acupressure on Interventional Pain in Infancy Period Before Immunization), which is not on this map. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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The Effect of Acupressure on Interventional Pain in Infancy Period Before Immunization: A Randomized Placebo-Controlled Trial
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8 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 23 citations in OpenAlex.
- Effectiveness and safety of acupuncture and related therapies for pediatric asthma: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in medicine · 2025Pooled it
- A Prognostic Model for the Respiratory Function of Patients with Nonsevere Pulmonary Infection Based on Breathing Exercises and Acupuncture Therapy: Development and Validation.Computational and mathematical methods in medicine · 2022Trial
- Acupuncture Improves Heart Rate Variability, Oxidative Stress Level, Exercise Tolerance, and Quality of Life in Tracheal Collapse Dogs.Veterinary sciences · 2022Article
- Effects of Transcutaneous Electrical Acupoint Stimulation on Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome of Patients after Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2021Article
- Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) and Allergic Diseases.Current allergy and asthma reports · 2020Review
- Evidence for lifestyle interventions in asthma.Breathe (Sheffield, England) · 2019Review
- Immune Modulation and Treatment of Human Papilloma Virus-Related Warts with Energetics of Living Systems Acupuncture.Medical acupuncture · 2017Article
- The Effect of Transcutaneous Electrical Acupoint Stimulation on Inflammatory Response in Patients Undergoing Limb Ischemia-Reperfusion.Mediators of inflammation · 2017Article
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Abstract
backgroundWe performed a systematic review of the efficacy of various types of acupuncture in the treatment of asthma in children.
methodsWe searched the MEDLINE, Embase, and Cochrane Library databases up to October 20, 2014. Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) of children and adolescents (<18 years of age) with asthma were included. Data extraction was applied, and methodologic quality was assessed.
resultsA total of 32 articles were assessed for eligibility, and seven studies comprising 410 patients were included in the systematic review. Two RCTs showed significant improvement in peak expiratory flow (PEF) variability for acupuncture (traditional and laser) vs. control, with one showing significant improvement in asthma-specific anxiety level, but no significant differences in other lung function parameters or quality of life. Another RCT reported significant benefits of laser acupuncture on lung function parameters but did not describe or report statistical analyses. One crossover RCT showed significant improvements in response to both acupuncture and placebo acupuncture, with better improvements with acupuncture compared to placebo acupuncture (forced exhaled volume in 1 s [FEV1], PEF). Two additional crossover RCTs showed no significant differences between single sessions of laser acupuncture and placebo acupuncture on baseline, postacupuncture, and postinduced bronchoconstriction values (% predicted FEV1, maximum expiratory flow). A recent study showed a significant effect of acupuncture paired with acupressure on medication use and symptoms in preschool-age children. Methodologic and reporting variability remains an issue. However, the results suggest that acupuncture may have a beneficial effect on PEF or PEF variability in children with asthma.
conclusionsThe efficacy of acupuncture on other outcome measures is unclear. Large-scale RCTs are needed to further assess the efficacy of acupuncture in the treatment of asthma in children.
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