ReviewEvidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM2018
The Efficacy and Safety of Acupuncture for the Treatment of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
Review in Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 18 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
What it found
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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
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Who cites it
18 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 31 citations in OpenAlex.
- Efficacy of acupuncture-related treatment for sleep disturbances in children with neurodevelopmental disorders: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Pooled it
- Pooled it
- Scalp acupuncture treatment for children's autism spectrum disorders: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Medicine · 2019Pooled it
- Effect of acupuncture on rehabilitation treatment of children with different degrees of autism spectrum disorder: a randomized controlled trial.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Trial
- Exploring the Neural Mechanisms of Acupuncture Stimulation in Autism Spectrum Disorder: Protocol for a Randomized, Sham-Controlled, Multimodal Neuroimaging Trial.JMIR research protocols · 2026Article
- Acupuncture in Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Narrative Review of Neurotransmitter Regulation and Neuroplasticity.Biomedicines · 2026Review
- Electroacupuncture ameliorates Autism Spectrum Disorder via modulating the gut-brain axis depending on the integrity of vagus nerve.Translational psychiatry · 2025Article
- Review
- Corrigendum to "The Efficacy and Safety of Acupuncture for the Treatment of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis".Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2023Article
- Research status and prospects of acupuncture for autism spectrum disorders.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2023Review
- Acupuncture and oxytocinergic system: The promising treatment for autism.Translational neuroscience · 2021Review
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- Transcutaneous Electrical Acupoint Stimulation in Early Life Changes Synaptic Plasticity and Improves Symptoms in a Valproic Acid-Induced Rat Model of Autism.Neural plasticity · 2020Article
- Trends in the utilization of acupuncture among children in Taiwan from 2002 to 2011: a nationwide population-based study.BMC complementary and alternative medicine · 2019Article
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- A survey of Korean medicine doctors' clinical practice patterns for autism spectrum disorder: preliminary research for clinical practice guidelines.BMC complementary and alternative medicine · 2018Article
- Efficacy and Safety of Laser Acupuncture in the Treatment of Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Systematic Review.Global advances in integrative medicine and healthReview
- "The Evidence I Need Is Change in a Child" Healthcare Provider Perspectives on Acupuncture Therapy for Children Diagnosed With Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD): An Interpretive Description.Global advances in integrative medicine and healthArticle
Corrections and comments
- Erratum issued
Authors and funding
6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.
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Registered trials
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