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SynthesisFrontiers in aging neuroscience2021

Acupuncture-Related Therapies for Parkinson's Disease: A Meta-Analysis and Qualitative Review.

Xiaopeng Wen, Kunbin Li, Hao Wen, Qian Wang, Zhiyuan Wu, Xianli Yao, Bing Jiao, Pingge Sun, Shuqi Ge, Chenyang Wen and 1 more

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Synthesis in Frontiers in aging neuroscience, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers, 7 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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23citing papers in PubMed, 7 pooled it
7.3field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
1 · What the graph read from 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.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

23 citing papers in PubMed, 7 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 37 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Efficacy of various acupuncture modalities on alleviating symptoms in Parkinson's disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Xiaopeng WenDepartment of Neurological Rehabilitation, Zhengzhou Central Hospital Affiliated to Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China.
Kunbin LiDepartment of Neurological Rehabilitation, Zhengzhou Central Hospital Affiliated to Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China.
Hao WenDepartment of Neurology, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China.
Qian WangDepartment of Medical Imaging, Zhengzhou Central Hospital Affiliated to Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China.
Zhiyuan WuDepartment of Neurological Rehabilitation, Zhengzhou Central Hospital Affiliated to Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China.
Xianli YaoDepartment of Neurological Rehabilitation, Zhengzhou Central Hospital Affiliated to Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China.
Bing JiaoDepartment of Neurological Rehabilitation, Zhengzhou Central Hospital Affiliated to Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China.
Pingge SunDepartment of Neurological Rehabilitation, Zhengzhou Central Hospital Affiliated to Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China.
Shuqi GeSouth China Research Center for Acupuncture and Moxibustion, Medical College of Acu-Moxi and Rehabilitation, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China.
Chenyang WenDepartment of Rehabilitation Medicine, Dengfeng City Second People' s Hospital, Zhengzhou, China.
Liming LuEvidence-Based Medicine and Data Science Centre, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China.
Zhengzhou Central Hospital · CNGuangzhou University of Chinese Medicine · CNSun Yat-sen University · CNXian Yang Central Hospital · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

acupuncture-related therapiesconventional medicationmeta-analysisParkinson's diseasequalitative review

Identifiers

PMID34276340
PMCPMC8282198
OpenAlexW3186091111

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