ArticleJournal of thoracic disease2017
Transcutaneous electrical acupoint stimulation (TEAS) relieved cancer-related fatigue in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients after chemotherapy.
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The Efficacy of Social Media Assisted Home-based Transcutaneous Electrical Acupoint Stimulation on Symptoms Associated with Chemotherapy Induced Peripheral Neuropathy in Patients with Breast Cancer
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- Comparative efficacy of traditional Chinese medicine-based non-pharmacological therapies for managing cancer-related fatigue in lung cancer patients: a systematic review and network meta-analysis.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2026Pooled it
- Acupuncture as treatment of cancer-therapy induced fatigue: a critical systematic review with a focus on the methodological assessment of blinding.Journal of cancer research and clinical oncology · 2026Pooled it
- Efficacy of traditional Chinese medicine external therapy on cancer-related fatigue: a systematic review and network meta-analysis.Frontiers in oncology · 2026Pooled it
- The Effects of Transcutaneous Acupoint Electrical Stimulation on Cancer-related Fatigue and Negative Emotions in Cancer Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.Contrast media & molecular imaging · 2022Pooled it
- Acupuncture for adult lung cancer of patient-reported outcomes: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in oncology · 2022Pooled it
- Nutritional Interventions and Acupuncture-Based Strategies for Exercise-Induced Fatigue and Recovery: Mechanisms and Integrative Perspectives.Food science & nutrition · 2026Review
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- Effect of transcutaneous electrical acupoint stimulation on bone loss for patients with foot and ankle fracture: a pragmatic randomized controlled trial.American journal of translational research · 2022Article
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- Effect of the solution-focused brief therapy on cancer-related fatigue in breast cancer patients under adjuvant chemotherapy: a randomized trial.Translational cancer research · 2020Article
- Efficacy and safety of S-1 maintenance therapy in advanced non-small-cell lung cancer patients.World journal of clinical cases · 2020Article
- Percutaneous nerve electrical stimulation for fatigue caused by chemotherapy for cervical cancer.Medicine · 2018Observational
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Abstract
backgroundTo explore the effectiveness of transcutaneous electrical acupoint stimulation (TEAS) approach on cancer-related fatigue (CRF) in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) chemotherapy patients.
methodsA total of 162 participants who treated with gemcitabine combined with platinum-based drugs (GP chemotherapy) were randomly assigned to three groups: Control (Group A, n=56), Sham TEAS (Group B, n=49), and TEAS (Group C, n=57). The following acupoints were used in this study: Qihai (CV6), Keshu (UB17), and Zusanli (ST36). The Revised Piper Fatigue Scale (RPFS) were used to measure CRF on the day before chemotherapy (P1), days 8 (P2) and 28 (P3) separately. The Differences among three groups were analyzed.
resultsAt the 28th day, the outcomes of the fatigue scores for Group C, Group B and Group A were 2.06±0.90, 2.80±1.34, 3.00±1.29 respectively. There were significantly different among three groups (F=9.784, P<0.01). At the 28th day, the outcomes of the affective fatigue (F=8.161, P<0.01), sensory fatigue (F=3.06, P=0.05) and cognitive fatigue (F=8.06, P<0.01) for Group C, Group B and Group A were significantly different among three groups.
conclusionsChemotherapy may increase the fatigue from P1 to P2 and P3 in NSCLC patients. And TEAS could help to relived CRF, especially at P3.
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