ReviewEvidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM2021
Efficacy and Safety of Scalp Acupuncture for Insomnia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
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 12 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Who cites it
12 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Acupuncture versus pharmacological conversation in treatment of atrial fibrillation in a randomized controlled trial: a systemic review and meta-analysis.European journal of medical research · 2022Pooled it
- Traditional Chinese medicine therapies for insomnia: An umbrella review and evidence map.Integrative medicine research · 2025Review
- Acupuncture for insomnia.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2025Article
- 2023 Guidelines on the Diagnosis and Treatment of Insomnia in Adults - Brazilian Sleep Association.Sleep science (Sao Paulo, Brazil) · 2023Review
- Combined therapy of local recombinant human interferon α1b injection and acupuncture on verruca vulgaris: a retrospective study.Archives of dermatological research · 2023Article
- Clinical Spectrum and Trajectory of Innovative Therapeutic Interventions for Insomnia: A Perspective.Aging and disease · 2023Article
- A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Protocol to Establish How Common Clinical Acupoint Stimulation-Related Therapies Should Be Used for Managing Insomnia.Journal of pain research · 2023Article
- Ashi Scalp Acupuncture in the Treatment of Secondary Trigeminal Neuralgia Induced by Multiple Sclerosis: A Case Report.Medicines (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Efficacy of Electroacupuncture for the Treatment of Postherpetic Neuralgia: Study Protocol for a Multicenter Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of pain research · 2022Article
- The Efficacy and Safety of Acupuncture for Tinnitus-Associated Insomnia: A Protocol for a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Journal of pain research · 2022Article
- The Clinical Nursing Pathway on Prevention of Catheter Slippage with Intensive Care Unit Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2022Review
- The therapeutic effect of Taijiquan combined with acupoint pressing on the treatment of anxiety insomnia in college students: A study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2022Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo systematically evaluate the efficacy and safety of scalp acupuncture in the treatment of insomnia.
methodsCNKI, Wanfang database, CQVIP database, CBM, Web of Science, Cochrane Library, and PubMed were searched for the literature on the treatment of insomnia by scalp acupuncture from the establishment of the database to July 23, 2020. Two researchers independently screened the literatures and extracted the data, then evaluated the quality of the literatures, and used RevMan 5.3 software for statistical analysis.
resultsA total of 21 studies including 1606 cases were included. 21 studies were included in the analysis of effective rate. The heterogeneity test showed that there was no significant heterogeneity. The fixed effect model was used,
conclusionScalp acupuncture is effective and safe in the treatment of insomnia, which is worthy of clinical application. However, due to the limited number of included literature, the methodology of some studies is slightly low and the quality of literature is slightly poor. In the future, we need to design rigorous, large sample, multiple center randomized controlled study to further verify the conclusion of this study.
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