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Trial reportMedicine2016

Acupuncture for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD): A multicenter, randomized, sham-controlled trial.

Junfei Feng, Xuehui Wang, Xing Li, Dejun Zhao, Jinquan Xu

Open access · goldAbstract readMulticenter StudyRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in Medicine, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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15 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 44 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Junfei FengDepartment of Respiratory Medicine Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Hangzhou Fuyang Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine Department of Respiratory Medicine, The People's Hospital of Fuyang, Hangzhou Department of Respiratory Medicine, First Affiliated Hospital of Heilongjiang University of Chinese Medicine, Harbin, China.
Xuehui Wang
Xing Li
Dejun Zhao
Jinquan Xu
First Affiliated Hospital of Heilongjiang University of Chinese Medicine · CNFuyang City People's Hospital · CNHangzhou Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundAcupuncture has been suggested to treat chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in China. However, current evidence is insufficient to draw a firm conclusion regarding the effectiveness of acupuncture in COPD. Therefore, this multicenter, randomized, sham-controlled study was designed to evaluate the efficacy of acupuncture for treating patients with COPD.

methodsThis is a two-arm, parallel group, multicenter, randomized, sham-controlled trial with concealed allocation, and participants, assessor, and analyst blinding. Seventy-two participants with COPD were recruited and randomly divided into 2 groups (real acupuncture group and sham acupuncture group) in a 1:1 ratio. Patients received either real or sham needling at the same acupoints 3 times weekly for 8 weeks. The primary outcome was dyspnea on exertion evaluated using the 6-minute walk test. In addition, health-related quality of life was also evaluated. Measurements were obtained at baseline and after 8 weeks of treatment.

resultsSix-minute walking distance measurements and health-related quality of life were significantly better in the real acupuncture group than that in the sham acupuncture group.

conclusionThe findings suggest that acupuncture can be used as an adjunctive therapy to reduce dyspnea in patients with COPD.

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Acupuncture TherapyAgedChinaDyspneaFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedPulmonary Disease, Chronic ObstructiveQuality of LifeRespiratory Function TestsTreatment OutcomeWalk Test

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PMID27749542
PMCPMC5059044
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