ReviewEvidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM2017
Acupotomy Therapy for Chronic Nonspecific Neck Pain: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
Review in Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Who cites it
17 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Effectiveness of acupotomy combined with nerve block therapy for cervical radiculopathy: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Medicine · 2025Pooled it
- Effectiveness and safety of ultrasound-guided needle-knife therapy for patients with spinal pain disorders: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in medicine · 2025Pooled it
- Feasibility, Safety, and Effectiveness of Ultrasound-Guided Acupotomy Treatment for Degenerative Cervical Radiculopathy: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of pain research · 2026Trial
- Ultrasound-guided injection acupotomy as a minimally invasive intervention therapy for cervical spondylotic radiculopathy: a randomized control trial.Annals of medicine · 2023Trial
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- A Scoping Review of Ultrasound Visualization of Thin Acupuncture Needles Inserted into the Human Body and Reporting of Imaging Conditions.Medical acupuncture · 2026Article
- Progress in the Treatment of Adhesive Capsulitis with External Therapies of Traditional Chinese Medicine: A Comprehensive Review.Journal of pain research · 2026Review
- Acupotomy in the management of colostomy stenosis after abdominoperineal resection: a case report.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Article
- Diversity and Safety of Acupotomy Treatments for Lumbar Spine Disorders in South Korea: A Review of Clinical Studies.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Enhancing the Management of Non-Specific Neck Pain through Gamification: Design and Efficacy of a Health Application.Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Effect of a Traction Exercise Neck Brace on Cervical Spondylopathy Radiculopathy: A Clinical Study and Finite Element Analysis.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2021Article
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- A comparison between acupotomy vs the local steroid injection for the management of soft tissue disorder: A systematic review protocol.Medicine · 2019Article
- Acupotomy versus acupuncture for cervical spondylotic radiculopathy: protocol of a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMJ open · 2019Article
- Acupotomy Therapy for Shoulder Adhesive Capsulitis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2019Review
- Acupotomy therapy for lumbar disc herniation: Protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis.Medicine · 2018Article
- Effect of Osteopathic Visceral Manipulation on Pain, Cervical Range of Motion, and Upper Trapezius Muscle Activity in Patients with Chronic Nonspecific Neck Pain and Functional Dyspepsia: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Pilot Study.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2018Article
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Abstract
objectiveThis review is to assess the efficacy and safety of acupotomy therapy in chronic nonspecific neck pain.
methodsWe searched six computerised databases. Randomized controlled trials incorporating acupotomy therapy alone or combined with other conventional treatments for chronic nonspecific neck pain were included. Two reviewers screened each literature and extracted data independently according to Cochrane Reviews' Handbook (5.1). The Cochrane Collaboration's RevMan 5.3 software was applied for meta-analysis.
resultsA total of ten trials involving 433 patients were enrolled. The pooled analysis indicated that acupotomy therapy showed a significant improving short-term and long-term effect on effective rate and cure rate. Meta-analysis demonstrated that acupotomy therapy group was superior to control group in restoring cervical lordosis and debasing VAS score. The result of continuous data did not support statistical significance of acupotomy therapy in adjusting clinical symptom score. For adverse events, acupotomy group did not reveal obvious superiority compared to control group.
conclusionsAcupotomy therapy may be beneficial to chronic nonspecific neck pain patients. To strengthen supportive evidence, future, more rigorously designed clinical trials, adequate adverse events, and follow-up project are recommended.
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