ArticleIntegrative medicine research2021
Current state of research about acupuncture for the treatment of COVID-19: A scoping review.
Article in Integrative medicine research, 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.
- The Effect of Acupuncture on Modulating Inflammatory Cytokines in Rodent Animal Models of Respiratory Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Frontiers in immunology · 2022Pooled it
- Interferon Point Alteration in Hospitalized Patients with and Without COVID-19.Medical acupuncture · 2024Article
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- Gut microbiota: a potential influencer of insomnia occurring after COVID-19 infection.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2024Review
- Acupuncture as an Additional Method of Rehabilitation Post-COVID-19: a randomized controlled trial.Journal of pharmacopuncture · 2023Article
- Mathematical Model of COVID-19 Pandemic with Double Dose Vaccination.Acta biotheoretica · 2023Article
- Efficacy and safety of acupuncture treatment for fatigue after COVID-19 infection: study protocol for a pilot randomized sham-controlled trial.Frontiers in neurology · 2023Article
- The role of acupuncture and moxibustion in the treatment, prevention, and rehabilitation of patients with COVID-19: A scoping review.Integrative medicine research · 2022Article
- Acupuncture or cupping plus standard care versus standard care in moderate to severe COVID-19 patients: An assessor-blinded, randomized, controlled trial.Integrative medicine research · 2022Article
- The Role of Acupuncture for Long COVID: Mechanisms and Models.Medical acupuncture · 2022Article
- Acupuncture in Multidisciplinary Treatment for Post-COVID-19 Syndrome.Medical acupuncture · 2022Article
- Appropriate Timing and Type of Physical Training in Patients with COVID-19 for Muscle Health and Quality of Life: A Systematic Review.Journal of nutrition and metabolism · 2022Review
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11 authors.
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Abstract
backgroundSince the outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), acupuncture has been widely used in the treatment of COVID-19. The research community has responded rapidly and has already published many research articles about this topic.
methodsWe searched PubMed, Embase, Cochrane Library as well as CNKI, Wanfang and VIP from January 1, 2020 to July 31, 2021. The dates of publication, language of publication, methodological characteristics and the key findings were analyzed separately. The data are presented as bar graphs, structured tables and figures.
resultsIn this scoping review, 16 research articles were included: 7 case reports, 6 observational studies, 1 review, 1 RCT and 1 nonrandomized clinical trial. The majority of the articles (81.3%) were published by Chinese scholars, 12.5% articles were by scholars in the United States, and 6.3% articles were by scholars in Iran. The included studies reported that acupuncture could alleviate the symptoms of COVID-19 patients, shorten their hospitalization days, and is effective for the elderly. There were no side effects reported. The most frequent acupoints used were LI4, PC6, ST36 and KI3. They reported many obstacles in implementing acupuncture therapy for treating COVID-19 patients.
conclusionAcupuncture has a good effect for the treatment of COVID-19, but high-quality evidence support is still lacking. Coupled with the difficulties that acupuncturists experienced during the process of treatment, the promotion of acupuncture treatment for COVID-19 faces many obstacles.
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