Trial reportBMC complementary and alternative medicine2017
A comparative study on the effects of systemic manual acupuncture, periauricular electroacupuncture, and digital electroacupuncture to treat tinnitus: A randomized, paralleled, open-labeled exploratory trial.
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- Dropouts in randomized clinical trials of Korean medicine interventions: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Trials · 2021Pooled it
- Intervention of the Syndrome-Position Point Selection Method on Idiopathic Tinnitus of Phlegm-Fire Stagnation Pattern: A Randomized Controlled Study.Journal of healthcare engineering · 2022Trial
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- Manual acupuncture versus sham acupuncture and usual care for prophylaxis of episodic migraine without aura: multicentre, randomised clinical trial.BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 2020Trial
- Influence of Acupuncture on Autonomic Balance in Adult Tinnitus Patients: An Exploratory Study.Current medical science · 2019Trial
- Research Progress on Pathogenesis, Modern Interventions and Neuromodulatory Mechanisms of Acupuncture for Tinnitus.International journal of general medicine · 2026Review
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- Acupuncture for Tinnitus: A Scoping Review of Clinical Studies.Complementary medicine research · 2024Article
- Effects of Non-Invasive Neuromodulation of the Vagus Nerve for Management of Tinnitus: A Systematic Review with Meta-Analysis.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Review
- Effects of Physical Interventions on Subjective Tinnitus, a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Brain sciences · 2023Review
- Methodological Aspects of Randomized Controlled Trials for Tinnitus: A Systematic Review and How a Decision Support System Could Overcome Barriers.Journal of clinical medicine · 2021Review
- Effect of Electroacupuncture on Noise-Induced Hearing Loss in Rats.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2021Article
- Acupuncture Treatment Decreased Temporal Variability of Dynamic Functional Connectivity in Chronic Tinnitus.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2021Article
- Comparing the effects of manual acupuncture, electroacupuncture, and transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation on chronic tinnitus: a randomized controlled trial.Integrative medicine research · 2020Article
- Analysis of Factors Influencing the Efficiency of Acupuncture in Tinnitus Patients.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2019Article
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Abstract
backgroundMany previous studies of electroacupuncture used combined therapy of electroacupuncture and systemic manual acupuncture, so it was uncertain which treatment was effective. This study evaluated and compared the effects of systemic manual acupuncture, periauricular electroacupuncture and distal electroacupuncture for treating patients with tinnitus.
methodsA randomized, parallel, open-labeled exploratory trial was conducted. Subjects aged 20-75 years who had suffered from idiopathic tinnitus for > 2 weeks were recruited from May 2013 to April 2014. The subjects were divided into three groups by systemic manual acupuncture group (MA), periauricular electroacupuncture group (PE), and distal electroacupuncture group (DE). The groups were selected by random drawing. Nine acupoints (TE 17, TE21, SI19, GB2, GB8, ST36, ST37, TE3 and TE9), two periauricular acupoints (TE17 and TE21), and four distal acupoints (TE3, TE9, ST36, and ST37) were selected. The treatment sessions were performed twice weekly for a total of eight sessions over 4 weeks. Outcomes were the tinnitus handicap inventory (THI) score and the loud and uncomfortable visual analogue scales (VAS). Demographic and clinical characteristics of all participants were compared between the groups upon admission using one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA). One-way ANOVA was used to evaluate the THI, VAS
resultsThirty-nine subjects were eligible and their data were analyzed. No difference in THI and VAS
conclusionsThere was no statistically significant difference between systemic manual acupuncture, periauricular electroacupuncture and distal electroacupuncture in tinnitus. However, all three treatments had some effect on tinnitus within the group before and after treatment. Systemic manual acupuncture and distal electroacupuncture have some effect on VAS
trial registrationKCT0001991 by CRIS (Clinical Research Information Service), 2016-8-1, retrospectively registered.
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