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ReviewNeurology and therapy2020

Acupuncture and Its Role in the Treatment of Migraine Headaches.

Ivan Urits, Megha Patel, Mary Elizabeth Putz, Nikolas R Monteferrante, Diep Nguyen, Daniel An, Elyse M Cornett, Jamal Hasoon, Alan D Kaye, Omar Viswanath

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Review in Neurology and therapy, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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22citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
5.2field-weighted citation impact, top 5% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

22 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 38 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

Ivan UritsDepartment of Anesthesia, Critical Care, and Pain Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center-Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA. ivanurits@gmail.com.
Megha PatelDepartment of Anesthesiology, University of Arizona College of Medicine-Phoenix, Phoenix, AZ, USA.
Mary Elizabeth PutzDepartment of Anesthesiology, University of Arizona College of Medicine-Phoenix, Phoenix, AZ, USA.
Nikolas R MonteferranteDepartment of Anesthesiology, Creighton University School of Medicine, Omaha, NE, USA.
Diep NguyenDepartment of Anesthesiology, University of Arizona College of Medicine-Phoenix, Phoenix, AZ, USA.
Daniel AnGeorgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, DC, USA.
Elyse M CornettDepartment of Anesthesiology, Louisiana State University Health Shreveport, Shreveport, LA, USA.
Jamal HasoonDepartment of Anesthesia, Critical Care, and Pain Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center-Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Alan D KayeDepartment of Anesthesiology, Louisiana State University Health Shreveport, Shreveport, LA, USA.
Omar ViswanathDepartment of Anesthesiology, University of Arizona College of Medicine-Phoenix, Phoenix, AZ, USA.
Louisiana State University in Shreveport · USUniversity of Arizona · USBeth Israel Deaconess Medical Center · USCreighton University · USGeorgetown University · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Acupuncture is a form of traditional Chinese medicine that is performed by placing needles or pressure in specific locations on a patient's skin to achieve a therapeutic effect. Although used to treat a variety of disorders, one of the most common applications of acupuncture is to treat chronic pain, especially headache and migraine pain. Migraines are difficult to treat, and pharmacotherapies are often the first line of treatment, although these options have many unwanted side effects, such as exacerbation of headache pain in those with chronic migraine. Many complimentary and integrative therapies are available to treat migraine (including nutraceuticals, yoga, tai chi, and biofeedback), among which acupuncture as a treatment is gaining increasing attention. In this review, we provide an overview of the current understanding of both acupuncture and migraine and of current research investigating the effectiveness of acupuncture in treating migraine and chronic migraine.

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AcupunctureChronic painMigraine

Identifiers

PMID33001385
PMCPMC7606388
OpenAlexW3089430347

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