ReviewEvidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM2021
The Application of Laser Acupuncture in Animal Experiments: A Narrative Review of Biological Aspects.
Review in Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Who cites it
7 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Laser acupuncture in the treatment of neuropathies in dentistry: a systematic review.Lasers in medical science · 2023Pooled it
- Enhancing chronic migraine preventive therapy: low-level 810 nm laser acupuncture as an add-on treatment for patients with unsatisfactory pharmacological effect, a pilot single-blind randomized controlled trial.BMC complementary medicine and therapies · 2024Trial
- Combination of Bauhinia monandra extract and laser acupuncture reduces carrageenan-induced paw edema.Lasers in medical science · 2026Article
- Precision laser acupuncture at back-shu points enhances growth performance, feed efficiency, and hormonal regulation in rabbits.Veterinary world · 2025Article
- IDEAL-Acu: A Methodological Framework for Evaluating the Effects of Acupuncture.Journal of evidence-based medicine · 2025Article
- The Effect of Lifting-and-Thrusting Laser Acupuncture on Electrodermal Activity of Acupoints, Pulse Characteristics, and Brainwave.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2023Article
- Guidance for Acupuncture Robot with Potentially Utilizing Medical Robotic Technologies.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2021Review
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Abstract
Experimental studies on animals are conducted in almost all areas of medical research. The experiments offer insights into diseases and expand biomedical knowledge. Animal experiments are also imperative for studying acupuncture treatment mechanisms and the exploration of innovative acupuncture techniques. Laser acupuncture (LA), as a promising alternative to traditional manual acupuncture (MA), has the characteristics of painless and controllable stimulation. Today, society is more aware of animal welfare than previous generations. The use of noninvasive LA as a substitute for invasive MA in basic experimental research of acupuncture should be encouraged. Thus, we conducted an overview of animal experiments in the research field of LA from January 1978 to April 2020. After careful research, 52 studies were included in the work. Among these studies, both single-point and multipoint LA studies have been reported. To make noninvasive LA better in replacing invasive MA in experimental animal research of acupuncture, further experiments should focus on exploring uniform criteria for selecting laser parameters and revealing the extent to which the curative effect of LA depends on the property of acupuncture points rather than the characteristics of photobiomodulation.
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