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ReviewChinese journal of integrative medicine2020

Current Tracking on Effectiveness and Mechanisms of Acupuncture Therapy: A Literature Review of High-Quality Studies.

Fu-Ming Yang, Lin Yao, Shen-Jun Wang, Yi Guo, Zhi-Fang Xu, Chien-Hung Zhang, Kuo Zhang, Yu-Xin Fang, Yang-Yang Liu

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Review in Chinese journal of integrative medicine, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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21 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  6. A novel and alternative therapy for persistent allergic rhinitis via intranasal acupuncture: a randomized controlled trial.European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery · 2023
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Fu-Ming YangAcupuncture Research Center, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, 301617, China.
Lin YaoAcupuncture Research Center, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, 301617, China.
Shen-Jun WangAcupuncture Research Center, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, 301617, China.
Yi GuoAcupuncture Research Center, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, 301617, China.
Zhi-Fang XuAcupuncture Research Center, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, 301617, China. xuzhifangmsn@hotmail.com.
Chien-Hung ZhangAcupuncture Research Center, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, 301617, China.
Kuo ZhangAcupuncture Research Center, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, 301617, China.
Yu-Xin FangAcupuncture Research Center, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, 301617, China.
Yang-Yang LiuAcupuncture Research Center, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, 301617, China.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The scientific evidence of acupuncture studies has been improved in recent years, and one of the important manifestations is that more and more acupuncture clinical trials and mechanism researches have been published in the source periodicals of Science Citation Index (SCI). This study summarized the dominant diseases of acupuncture focusing on of acupuncture efficacy and mechanisms, and discussed the existing problems, highlighting the direction of future developments. Most clinical studies were published in journals with journal impact factor (JIF) score of 10 or above, and majority of the basic researches had JIF scores of 5 to 10. The above literature were further divided according to the International Classification of Diseases (ICD). The most concerned diseases in these articles were neurological diseases, musculoskeletal system and connective tissue diseases, tumor and digestive system diseases. The therapeutic effect and mechanism of acupuncture on each kind of disease were summarized. The results showed that the therapeutic effect of acupuncture on nerve injury focused on the anti-oxidation pathway, neuroprotective and anti-inflammatory processes. The antiinflammatory effect also played an important role in the treatment of musculoskeletal diseases. The analgesic effect was underlined in most of these studies. Clinical trials were well carried out on acupuncture curative effect of tumor complications and side effects of chemo-radiotherapy, but the potential mechanisms have not been clarified. Somato-visceral reflex was suggested to be strongly associated with the effects of acupuncture changing the motor activity of the gastrointestinal tract. Functional magnetic resonance imaging studies indicated that non-specific effects play important roles in acupuncture analgesia. Lines of evidence have pointed out that the regulation of neuro-endocrine-immune networks may be a common switch of acupuncture on different nerve system diseases.

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Acupuncture TherapyAnalgesiaCell Transformation, NeoplasticClinical Studies as TopicDrug-Related Side Effects and Adverse ReactionsHumansNervous System DiseasesRadiation InjuriesTreatment Outcomeacupunctureanti-inflammationclinical trialsmechanismneuro-endocrine-immune network

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