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ArticleIntegrative medicine research2022

On defining acupuncture and its techniques: A commentary on the problem of sham.

Stephen Birch, Myeong Soo Lee, Tae-Hun Kim, Terje Alraek

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Article in Integrative medicine research, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05743218 (Clinical Study of Liver Meridian in the Treatment of Male Impotence and Female Premature Ovarian Failure), which is not on this map. Cited by 18 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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.

NCT05743218 naunknown statusnot on this mapstarted 2023, after this paper: background citation

Clinical Study of Liver Meridian in the Treatment of Male Impotence and Female Premature Ovarian Failure

TypeinterventionalSponsorThe First Affiliated Hospital of Hunan University of Traditional Chinese MedicineRan2023 to 2023Enrolled198ConditionsOvarian Reserve, Acupuncture Therapy, MeridianArmselectropuncture
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

18 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Stephen BirchSchool of Health Sciences, Kristiania University College, Oslo, Norway.
Myeong Soo LeeDivision of Clinical Medicine, Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine, Daejeon, Republic of Korea.
Tae-Hun KimKorean Medicine Clinical Trial Center, Korean Medicine Hospital, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Terje AlraekSchool of Health Sciences, Kristiania University College, Oslo, Norway.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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AcupunctureClinical trialsInserted needlingNon-inserted needlingSham acupuncture

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PMID35111572
PMCPMC8790499

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