ReviewCurrent pain and headache reports2020
Acupuncture for Migraine: a Review of the Data and Clinical Insights.
Review in Current pain and headache reports, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07332962 (Auricular Press-Needle Acupuncture Induces Specific Brain Functional Reorganization and Modulates Autonomic Nervous Activity), which is not on this map. Cited by 9 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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The trial behind it
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Auricular Press-Needle Acupuncture Induces Specific Brain Functional Reorganization and Modulates Autonomic Nervous Activity: A Randomized Sham-Controlled Trial
Who cites it
9 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 15 citations in OpenAlex.
- 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
- Efficacy of acupuncture for chronic migraine: a protocol for a multicenter randomized controlled trial.Frontiers in neurology · 2025Article
- Effects of warm needle acupuncture on behavioral pain threshold in a rat model of migraine.Frontiers in neurology · 2025Article
- Auricular acupressure combined with Tongtian oral liquid for acute attacks of migraine without aura: a single-center, retrospective study.American journal of translational research · 2024Article
- Acupuncture for the Treatment of Migraine: An Overview of Systematic Reviews.Current pain and headache reports · 2023Review
- Knowledge Mapping of International Research on Acupuncture for Chronic Pain: A Bibliometric Analysis.Journal of pain research · 2022Review
- The effects of acupuncture therapy in migraine: An activation likelihood estimation meta-analysis.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2022Review
- Migraine management: Non-pharmacological points for patients and health care professionals.Open medicine (Warsaw, Poland) · 2022Review
- Efficacy of Dry Needling and Acupuncture in the Treatment of Neck Pain.Anesthesiology and pain medicine · 2021Review
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Authors and funding
2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
purpose of reviewThe purpose of this review is to discuss the current evidence for acupuncture in migraine and to provide insight into which patients may benefit most from acupuncture. RECENT
findingsMultiple studies support acupuncture as a validated modality for the prevention of episodic migraine. While small studies on acupuncture for the prevention of chronic migraine are encouraging, evidence for its benefit is limited. Likewise, the existing studies on acupuncture for acute migraine treatment are insufficient. Acupuncture is commonly used to treat migraine and has gained popularity as a validated non-pharmaceutical option. Although the specific mechanisms of acupuncture are not clearly understood, there is evidence for its effectiveness in treating migraine. Results of acupuncture studies are quite variable and depend on multiple factors, including frequency, duration, and consistency of treatments, as well as acupoint selection. A better understanding of the flaws inherent in acupuncture research will help guide the development of future studies.
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