High Temporal Summation of Pain Predicts Immediate Analgesic Effect of Acupuncture in Chronic Pain Patients-A Prospective Cohort Study.

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Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

1. Pressure pain threshold and perceived impact of pain differentially predict short-term and long-term pain reduction following acupuncture in fibromyalgia.Journal of integrative medicine · 2025
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2. Effect of Electroacupuncture vs Sham Treatment on Change in Pain Severity Among Adults With Chronic Low Back Pain: A Randomized Clinical Trial.JAMA network open · 2020
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3. Artificial intelligence guided acupuncture decision making and treatment: a review of research.Frontiers in medicine · 2026
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4. Clinical efficacy and putative analgesic mechanism of heat-sensitive moxibustion for chronic nonspecific low back pain: a single-arm before-after study based on the brain-gut-immune axis.Frontiers in integrative neuroscience · 2026
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5. Stable individual differences in habituation and sensitization to prolonged painful stimulation are underpinned by activity in the hippocampus, amygdala, and sensorimotor cortices.Pain · 2025
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6. Cross-sectional experimental assessment of pain modulation as part of multidimensional profiling of people with cervicogenic headache: protocol for a feasibility study.BMJ open · 2024
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7. Temporal summation does not predict the acupuncture response in patients with chronic non-specific low back pain.Frontiers in neurology · 2024
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8. Predicting acupuncture efficacy for functional dyspepsia based on routine clinical features: a machine learning study in the framework of predictive, preventive, and personalized medicine.The EPMA journal · 2022
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9. The Endocannabinoid System Contributes to Electroacupuncture Analgesia.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2020
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Authors and funding

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