ArticleEvidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM2019
Influence of the Intensity, Components, and Spreading of the Deqi Sensation on the Analgesic Effect of SP6 Needling in Primary Dysmenorrhea Patients: A Secondary Analysis of a Randomised Controlled Trial.
Article in Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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11 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 16 citations in OpenAlex.
- Neuroimaging studies of acupuncture on Alzheimer's disease: a systematic review.BMC complementary medicine and therapies · 2023Pooled it
- Disease-Related Factors Associated with Acupuncture Response in Patients with Chronic Tension-Type Headache: A Secondary Analysis of A Randomized Controlled Trial.Chinese journal of integrative medicine · 2024Trial
- Effect of an Acupuncture Technique of Penetrating throughPain research & management · 2019Trial
- Efficacy and Safety of Electroacupuncture for Postoperative Insomnia in Patients With Spinal Metastasis: Protocol of a Prospective, Multicenter, Randomized Controlled Study.JMIR research protocols · 2026Article
- When sng meets acupuncture -- a paradigm-shift biomarker for translational research.Journal of traditional and complementary medicine · 2025Review
- Clinical Evidence of Acupoint Stimulation for Primary Dysmenorrhea: A Systematic Review and Updated Meta-Analysis.Journal of pain research · 2025Review
- Effect ofMedical acupuncture · 2024Review
- Objectivization study of acupunctureFrontiers in neuroscience · 2024Review
- An infrared thermographic analysis of the sensitization acupoints of women with primary dysmenorrhea.Journal of traditional Chinese medicine = Chung i tsa chih ying wen pan · 2022Article
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- Immediate Analgesic Effect of Acupuncture in Patients With Primary Dysmenorrhea: A fMRI Study.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2021Article
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11 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
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Abstract
Although deqi, the phenomenon whereby excitation of Qi in the meridians occurs with needling, is critical to the practice of acupuncture and its efficacy, it is poorly understood. So we investigate the influence of the deqi sensation on the analgesic effects of acupuncture in patients who were enrolled in a randomised controlled trial for the treatment of patients with primary dysmenorrhea, a painful and common condition, and
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