ArticleFrontiers in medicine2022
Acupuncture for Atraumatic Shoulder Conditions: Protocol for a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
Article in Frontiers in medicine, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.
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- Effects of acupuncture on pain and function in patients with subacromial impingement syndrome: A randomized sham-controlled trial.Integrative medicine research · 2024Article
- Application of Acupuncture for Shoulder Pain Over the Past 22 Years: A Bibliometric Analysis.Journal of pain research · 2023Article
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Abstract
Introduction: Shoulder pain is one of the most common musculoskeletal disorders among adults and is caused by a variety of shoulder conditions. The popularity of different acupuncture methods in the nonsurgical treatment of shoulder pain has recently increased. However, evidence regarding the efficacy of acupuncture for shoulder pain is inconsistent, and there is a lack of supporting evidence regarding the overall efficacy of different acupuncture methods for shoulder pain. Methods and Analysis: A systematic review will be conducted to assess the effectiveness of a wide range of acupuncture techniques for atraumatic shoulder conditions. The PubMed, EMBASE, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, Web of Science, Ovid MEDLINE, Chinese Biomedical Literature, Chinese National Knowledge Infrastructure, Wanfang, and Chongqing VIP databases will be searched to identify eligible studies. Studies will be selected according to preset inclusion and exclusion criteria and relevant data will be extracted from the final included studies. The heterogeneity, risk of bias, publication bias and evidence quality of the studies will be assessed, and a subgroup analysis and sensitivity analysis will be performed. Systematic Review Registration: PROSPERO registration number CRD42021249625.
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