ReviewJournal of clinical medicine2021
Evidence Map of Cupping Therapy.
Review in Journal of clinical medicine, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 2 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 20 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
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.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Effectiveness of Graston and Cupping Applications in Individuals With Cervical Disc Herniation: A Randomized Controlled Trial
The Effect of Cupping on Spasticity and Function of the Lower Extremity During Rehabilitation After Stroke
Who cites it
20 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 45 citations in OpenAlex.
- Suboptimal reporting of randomized controlled trials on non-pharmacological therapies in Chinese medicine.Frontiers of medicine · 2024Pooled it
- Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation technology for adults: an evidence mapping based on systematic reviews.European journal of medical research · 2024Pooled it
- Efficacy of cupping therapy on pain outcomes: an evidence-mapping study.Frontiers in neurology · 2023Pooled it
- Dry cupping therapy combined with conventional therapy does not provide additional benefits over conventional therapy alone in patients with non-specific chronic low back pain: a randomized trial.Chiropractic & manual therapies · 2025Trial
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- The Effectiveness of Traditional Chinese Medicine Integrated with Self-Slump Stretching on Chronic Low Back Pain among Hill Tribe Farmers in Thailand: a pilot randomized controlled trial.Journal of pharmacopuncture · 2025Article
- Cupping therapy for chronic non-specific low back pain.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2025Article
- Vitamin B12 injection plus traditional Chinese medicine techniques for meralgia paresthetica: a randomized controlled trial.Frontiers in medicine · 2025Article
- Fu's Subcutaneous Needling for Pain: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.Journal of pain research · 2025Review
- Research Progress on Neural Processing of Hand and Forearm Tactile Sensation: A Review Based on fMRI Research.Neuropsychiatric disease and treatment · 2025Review
- Wet-Cupping's Impact on Pancreatitis Induced by Hypertriglyceridemia: A case study and brief literature review.Sultan Qaboos University medical journal · 2024Review
- Cupping Therapy as a Potential Complimentary Treatment for Meniere's Disease: A Case Report.Cureus · 2024Article
- Analysis of clinical evidence on traditional Chinese medicine for the treatment of diabetic nephropathy: a comprehensive review with evidence mapping.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2024Review
- Use of Acupuncture, Myofascial Release Techniques, and Kinesiology Taping to Reduce Estimated Healing Time in A Grade 3 Hamstring Strain: A Case Study.Medical acupuncture · 2023Article
- A bibliometric analysis of traditional Chinese non-pharmacological therapies in the treatment of knee osteoarthritis from 2012 to 2022.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2023Review
- Cupping Therapy as an Adjunctive Therapy for Side Effects of Colorectal Cancer Treatment: A Prospective Observational Study.Journal of chiropractic medicine · 2022Article
- When a Traditional Medicine Customer Becomes a Plastic Surgery Patient.Plastic and reconstructive surgery. Global open · 2022Article
- Special Issue: State of the Art in Research on Acupuncture Treatment.Journal of clinical medicine · 2021Article
- Comparison of the Effectiveness of Three Different Acupuncture Methods for TMD-Related Pain: A Randomized Clinical Study.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2021Article
- Practices of Al-Hijama Practitioners at Cupping Community Centers in Qatar.Iranian journal of nursing and midwifery researchArticle
Corrections and comments
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Authors and funding
5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
Funding
Abstract
This study aimed to describe and assess the current evidence in systematic reviews on cupping therapy for various conditions. We searched PubMed, EMBASE, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, China National Knowledge Infrastructure, and six Korean databases for systematic reviews of trials on cupping treatments for any condition published prior to March 2021. We used a bubble plot to graphically display the clinical topics, the number of articles, the number of participants in the total population, confidence, and effectiveness. Thirteen systematic reviews that met the inclusion criteria were included in the evidence map, and 16 bubbles were created. The findings from six reviews showed potential benefits of cupping for conditions such as low back pain, ankylosing spondylitis, knee osteoarthritis, neck pain, herpes zoster, migraine, plaque psoriasis, and chronic urticaria. Cupping has been applied in a variety of clinical areas, and systematic reviews in a few of these areas have demonstrated statistically significant benefits. The evidence map provides a visual overview of cupping research volume and findings. Evidence mapping can facilitate the transfer of knowledge from researchers to policymakers and promote research on musculoskeletal pain (such as low back pain, neck pain, and knee osteoarthritis) and skin disease (plaque psoriasis).
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Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.