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Trial reportChinese journal of integrative medicine2017

Acupuncture treatment for idiopathic trigeminal neuralgia: A longitudinal case-control double blinded study.

Michelle Cristina Ichida, Mariana Zemuner, Jorge Hosomi, Hong Jin Pai, Manoel Jacobsen Teixeira, José Tadeu Tesseroli de Siqueira, Silvia R D T de Siqueira

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Trial report in Chinese journal of integrative medicine, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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16citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

16 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 30 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Michelle Cristina IchidaNeurology Department, Medical School, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, 05403-010, Brazil.
Mariana ZemunerNeurology Department, Medical School, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, 05403-010, Brazil.
Jorge HosomiGroup of Acupuncture, Interdisciplinary Pain Group of the Neurology Division, Clinical Hospital, Medical School, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, 05403-010, Brazil.
Hong Jin PaiGroup of Acupuncture, Interdisciplinary Pain Group of the Neurology Division, Clinical Hospital, Medical School, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, 05403-010, Brazil.
Manoel Jacobsen TeixeiraNeurology Department, Medical School, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, 05403-010, Brazil.
José Tadeu Tesseroli de SiqueiraOrofacial Pain Team, Dentistry Division, Clinical Hospital, Medical School, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, 05403-010, Brazil.
Silvia R D T de SiqueiraNeurology Department, Medical School, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, 05403-010, Brazil. silviadowgan@hotmail.com.
Universidade de São Paulo · BRHospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo · BR

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveTo evaluate the treatment effect of acupuncture on patients with idiopathic trigeminal neuralgia (ITN) by case-control longitudinal blinded study.

methodsSixty ITN patients and 30 healthy subjects were included. The ITN patients were randomly assigned to acupuncture group (15 cases), sham-acupuncture group (15 cases) and carbamazepine group (30 cases), respectively. Clinical orofacial evaluation (including pain intensity and medication doses), research diagnostic criteria for temporomandibular disorders (RDC/TMD) and Helkimo indexes (for functional evaluation of the masticatory system), and quantitative sensory testing for sensory thresholds (gustative, olfactory, cold, warm, touch, vibration and superficial and deep pain) were evaluated before treatment, immediately after treatment, and 6 months after treatment.

resultsThe mean pain intensity by the Visual Analogue Scale only decreased in the acupuncture group at the last evaluation (P=0.012). Patients in the sham-acupuncture group had an increase in carbamazepine doses according to the prescriptions (P<0.01). There was a reduction in secondary myofascial pain and mandibular limitations at the acupuncture and sham-acupuncture groups, however only the acupuncture group kept the changes after 6 months (P<0.01, P=0.023). There was a decrease in mechanical thresholds in the acupuncture group (tactile, P<0.01; vibration, P=0.027) and an increase in deep pain thresholds in both acupuncture and sham-acupuncture groups (P=0.013).

conclusionsAcupuncture can be an option in the treatment of ITN due to its analgesic effect in both ITN and secondary myofascial pain associated with it.

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Acupuncture TherapyAdultAgedCarbamazepineCase-Control StudiesHumansLongitudinal StudiesMiddle AgedSensationTemporomandibular Joint DisordersTrigeminal NeuralgiaCarbamazepineacupuncturecase-control studyidiopathic trigeminal neuralgiaorofacial painquantitative sensory testingtemporomandibular disorders

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PMID29080198
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