ReviewFrontiers in neuroscience2023
Manual acupuncture for neuromusculoskeletal disorders: The selection of stimulation parameters and corresponding effects.
Review in Frontiers in neuroscience, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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10 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 15 citations in OpenAlex.
- Global research trends and insights in acupuncture randomized controlled trials: a bibliometric analysis.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Pooled it
- Use of acupuncture in stroke and stroke complications: a systematic review and meta-analysis based on sham-controlled trials.Frontiers in neurology · 2025Pooled it
- Effects of Different Electroacupuncture Frequencies in Young Adults with Chronic Neck Pain: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of pain research · 2026Trial
- Qingre Liangxue Acupuncture for Psoriasis: A Cholinergic Neuroimmune Framework.International journal of general medicine · 2026Review
- Electroacupuncture for girdle sensation following spinal cord injury as a false localizing sign: a case series.Frontiers in pain research (Lausanne, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Analysis of patellar reflex in Parkinson disease patients after an acupuncture treatment protocol - Case series study.Clinical parkinsonism & related disorders · 2025Article
- A robot arm-assisted acupuncture system with motion and force monitoring: establishment and validation.Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2025Article
- Acupuncture for Aromatase Inhibitor-Induced Arthralgia in Breast Cancer: An Umbrella Review.Breast care (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Dry Needling and Acupuncture for Scars-A Systematic Review.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Review
- Current state of research on acupuncture for the treatment of post-stroke dysphagia: a scoping review.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2024Article
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6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
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Abstract
As a minimally invasive method of physical stimulation, manual acupuncture (MA) is used globally as a sort of therapy for neuromusculoskeletal disorders. In addition to selecting appropriate acupoints, acupuncturists should also determine the stimulation parameters of needling, such as the manipulation (lifting-thrusting or twirling), needling amplitude, velocity, and stimulation time. At present, most studies focus on acupoint combination and mechanism of MA, the relationship between stimulation parameters and their therapeutic effects, as well as the influence on mechanism of action are relatively scattered, and lack of systematic summary and analysis. This paper reviewed the three types of stimulation parameters of MA, their common options and values, corresponding effects and potential mechanisms of action. The purpose of such efforts is to provide a useful reference for the dose-effect relationship of MA and the quantification and standardization of its clinical treatment of neuromusculoskeletal disorders to further promote the application of acupuncture in the world.
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