ReviewJournal of traditional and complementary medicine2020
Acupuncture for pediatric pain: The trend of evidence-based research.
Review in Journal of traditional and complementary medicine, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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9 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Acupuncture for neonatal abstinence syndrome in newborn infants.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2025Pooled it
- Effect of photobiomodulation therapy on pain perception during anesthetic puncture of dental local anesthesia: A systematic review.Clinics (Sao Paulo, Brazil) · 2024Pooled it
- Acupuncture for pediatric chronic pain: a systematic review.Jornal de pediatriaPooled it
- Acupuncture for the treatment of infantile colic.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2025Article
- Pediatric Hematology-Oncology Provider Attitudes and Beliefs About the Use of Acupuncture for Their Patients.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- [Complementary and supplementary procedures in the treatment of headache].Schmerz (Berlin, Germany) · 2023Review
- Non-pharmacologic approaches to treatment of pediatric functional abdominal pain disorders.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2023Review
- Antihistamine promotes electroacupuncture analgesia in healthy human subjects: A pilot study.Journal of traditional and complementary medicine · 2022Article
- Optimizing sterile filtration of nanoemulsions through proper choice of prefilter properties.Biotechnology progressArticle
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Abstract
BACKGROUND AND
aimAcupuncture is part of thousand years Traditional Chinese Medicine. There was promising evidence to support the efficacy of acupuncture in reducing postoperative surgery and dental pain, as well as chemotherapy-related nausea and vomiting. The US National Health Statistics Report indicated that there was significant increase in the use of acupuncture. Research on acupuncture has allowed for its integration into common adult pain practice. Acupuncture can also be utilized in pediatric patients. EXPERIMENTAL PROCEDURE: We evaluate the evidence-based acupuncture for pediatric pain research from 2008 to 2017.
resultsand Conclusions: Acupuncture treatment is well supported to be effective treatment for pediatric procedural pain, infantile colic, adolescent pelvic pain, and headaches under specific intervention methods. There is increasing interest in using acupuncture and related techniques for pediatric pain management. However, the evidence-based randomized controlled trials using acupuncture for pediatric pain management is very limited. Further randomized controlled trial research in pediatric pain is urgently needed.
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