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ArticleFrontiers in neurology2022

The effects of acupuncture on clinical efficacy and steady-state visual evoked potentials in insomnia patients with emotional disorders: A randomized single-blind sham-controlled trial.

Leixiao Zhang, Yanli Deng, Ruting Hui, Yu Tang, Siyi Yu, Ying Li, Youping Hu, Ning Li

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Article in Frontiers in neurology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers, 6 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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10citing papers in PubMed, 6 pooled it
2.1field-weighted citation impact, top 14% 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

10 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

Leixiao ZhangDepartment of Integrated Traditional and Western Medicine, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
Yanli DengSichuan Second Chinese Medicine Hospital, Chengdu, China.
Ruting HuiChengdu First People's Hospital, Chengdu, China.
Yu TangChongqing Emergency Medical Center, Chongqing, China.
Siyi YuAcupuncture and Tuina School, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, China.
Ying LiAcupuncture and Tuina School, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, China.
Youping HuAcupuncture and Tuina School, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, China.
Ning LiDepartment of Integrated Traditional and Western Medicine, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine · CNSichuan University · CNChongqing Emergency Medical Center · CNFirst Affiliated Hospital of Chengdu Medical College · CNSecond Affiliated Hospital of Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The aim of this study was to observe the clinical effects and brain electrical potential changes following acupuncture in the treatment of insomnia patients with mood disorders. Ninety patients with insomnia who met the inclusion criteria were randomly divided into the active acupuncture group (AA group,

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acupunctureanxietydepressionelectroencephalograminsomniasham acupunctureSSVEP

Identifiers

PMID36742043
PMCPMC9889562
OpenAlexW4317397254

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