ArticleThe Cochrane database of systematic reviews2025
Acupuncture for the prevention of episodic migraine.
Article in The Cochrane database of systematic reviews, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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The trial behind it
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Who cites it
7 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Effectiveness of neuromodulation techniques for migraine prophylaxis: a systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.BMC complementary medicine and therapies · 2026Pooled it
- Streptococcal infection and its antimicrobial resistance profile associated with bovine mastitis in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2025Pooled it
- Symptom Trends Among Evacuees Treated with Acupuncture and Moxibustion in Shelters Located at the Epicenter of the 2016 Kumamoto Earthquakes in Japan.Medical acupuncture · 2026Article
- Acupuncture modulates migraine-related neural and neuroendocrine regulatory pathways.The journal of headache and pain · 2026Review
- Does Acupuncture Produce Durable Analgesia in Trigeminal Neuralgia? An Updated Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Acupuncture Upregulates hsa-miR-550a-3-5p Targeting PECAM1 To Reduce Transendothelial Migration of Inflammatory Cells and Alleviate Migraine.Journal of molecular neuroscience : MN · 2025Article
- Acupuncture for Major Depressive Disorder: Exploring the Gut Microbiota as a Novel Therapeutic Pathway.Brain and behavior · 2025Article
Corrections and comments
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Authors and funding
11 authors.
Funding
Abstract
objectivesThis is a protocol for a Cochrane Review (intervention). The objectives are as follows: To investigate whether acupuncture is more effective than 'sham' (placebo) acupuncture, no preventative treatment or routine care only, or other interventions, in reducing headache frequency in people with episodic migraine.
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