ReviewPain research & management2020
Effectiveness and Safety of Acupuncture for Migraine: An Overview of Systematic Reviews.
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44 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 71 citations in OpenAlex.
- Utility of Acupuncture Therapy for Adult Chronic Daily Headache Prophylaxis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research · 2026Pooled it
- Governor vessel acupuncture therapy in experimental ischemic stroke: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Medicine · 2025Pooled it
- Efficacy of acupuncture and laser acupuncture in temporomandibular disorders: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.BMC oral health · 2024Pooled it
- Acupuncture Therapy as an Evidence-Based Nonpharmacologic Strategy for Comprehensive Acute Pain Care: The Academic Consortium Pain Task Force White Paper Update.Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.) · 2022Pooled it
- Acupuncture Is Effective at Reducing the Risk of Stroke in Patients with Migraines: A Real-World, Large-Scale Cohort Study with 19-Years of Follow-Up.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Trial
- Beneficial Effects of Kiatsu™ with Ki Training on Episodic Migraine: An Exploratory Study.Pain research & managementTrial
- Acupuncture modulates migraine-related neural and neuroendocrine regulatory pathways.The journal of headache and pain · 2026Review
- Acupuncture Alleviates Neuroinflammation in Chronic Migraine by Modulating Lactobacillus and Its Metabolite Pathways.Pain research & management · 2026Article
- Electroacupuncture Alleviates Oxidative Stress and Cuproptosis in Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease Mice Through Activation of the NRF2/ARE Pathway.Diabetes, metabolic syndrome and obesity : targets and therapy · 2026Article
- Non-pharmacological approaches for migraine management: a mini-review.Frontiers in pain research (Lausanne, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Combining acupuncture and mesenchymal stem cell therapy offers promise as a treatment for inflammatory bowel disease.World journal of stem cells · 2025Review
- Nanoformulation innovations: Revolutionizing precision in migraine therapy.Iranian journal of basic medical sciences · 2025Review
- Regulation of autonomic nervous system by acupuncture: a heart rate variability study on physical stress.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2025Article
- Effects of warm needle acupuncture on behavioral pain threshold in a rat model of migraine.Frontiers in neurology · 2025Article
- Antimigraine activity of Asarinin by OPRM1 pathway with multifaceted impacts through network analysis.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Effectiveness of an Acupuncture Steam-Warming Eye Mask on Dry Eye Disease in Visual Display Terminal Users: A Prospective Randomized Controlled Trial.Diseases (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Effects of Acupotomy on Immobilization-Induced Gastrocnemius Contracture and Fibrosis in Rats via Wnt/β-Catenin Signaling.Chinese journal of integrative medicine · 2024Article
- Evaluating deep learning techniques for identifying tongue features in subthreshold depression: a prospective observational study.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2024Article
- Acupoints for Headache with Blood Stasis Syndrome: a Literature Study Based on Data Mining Technology.Journal of pain research · 2024Review
- Firefighters' medical use and Korean Medicine experience in Korea: A qualitative study protocol.PloS one · 2024Article
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11 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
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Abstract
Background: Migraine is a common neurological disease, which burdens individuals and society all over the world. Acupuncture, an important method in Traditional Chinese Medicine, is widely used in clinical practice as a treatment for migraine. Several systematic reviews (SRs) have investigated the effectiveness and safety of acupuncture for migraine. Objective: To summarize and critically assess the quality of relevant SRs and present an objective and comprehensive evidence on the effectiveness and safety of acupuncture for migraine. Results: A total of 15 SRs were included. All the SRs were published between 2011-2019. Based on AMSTAR 2, 14 out of 15 SRs were rated critically low quality and 1 was rated low quality. According to ROBIS tool, 9 SRs (60%) were low risk of bias. With the PRISMA-A checklist, we found 11 out of 15 SRs were found adequately reported over 70%. With the GRADE tool, we found high quality of evidence indicated that the effective rate of acupuncture was superior to western medicine in treatment of migraine. Besides, acupuncture reduced more headache days and the times of using painkiller and was more effective in reducing the frequency and degree of headache than western medicine and sham acupuncture. Conclusions: Based on high quality of evidence, we concluded that acupuncture may be an effective and safe therapy for migraine. However, the quality of SRs in acupuncture for migraine still needs more improvement.
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