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ArticleMedical acupuncture2016

A Randomized Exploratory Study to Evaluate Two Acupuncture Methods for the Treatment of Headaches Associated with Traumatic Brain Injury.

Wayne B Jonas, Dawn M Bellanti, Charmagne F Paat, Courtney C Boyd, Alaine Duncan, Ashley Price, Weimin Zhang, Louis M French, Heechin Chae

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Article in Medical acupuncture, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
13citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
7.7field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

13 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 38 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Perceived benefits of brief acupuncture for sleep disturbances in postdeployment military service members.Journal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine · 2021
    Trial
  3. Auricular Therapy for Migraine.Current pain and headache reports · 2024
    Review
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  10. Behavioral Treatments for Post-Traumatic Headache.Current pain and headache reports · 2017
    Review
  11. Use of Integrative Medicine in the United States Military Health System.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2017
    Review
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Wayne B JonasSamueli Institute , Alexandria, VA.
Dawn M BellantiSamueli Institute , Alexandria, VA.
Charmagne F PaatSamueli Institute , Alexandria, VA.
Courtney C BoydSamueli Institute , Alexandria, VA.
Alaine DuncanIntegrative Healing, LLC , Hyattsville, MD.
Ashley PriceSamueli Institute , Alexandria, VA.
Weimin ZhangSamueli Institute , Alexandria, VA.
Louis M FrenchNational Intrepid Center of Excellence, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center , Bethesda, MD.
Heechin ChaeDefense and Veterans Brain Injury Center Clinic , Fort Belvoir Community Hospital, Fort Belvoir, VA.
Samueli Institute · USWalter Reed National Military Medical Center · US

Funding

Department of Defense W81XWH-08-2-0212
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

AcupunctureHeadachePain ManagementTraumatic Brian Injury

Identifiers

PMID27458496
PMCPMC4926228
OpenAlexW2409171561

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