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ArticleThe journal of pain2026

Response to the comment on "Long-lasting effect of penetrating acupuncture among responders: Double-blind RCT of acupuncture for vulvodynia".

Judith M Schlaeger, Alana D Steffen, Nobuari Takakura, William H Kobak, Miho Takayama, Hiroyoshi Yajima, Marie L Suarez, Monya Meinel, Larisa A Burke, Heather A Pauls and 5 more

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Article in The journal of pain, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

15 authors.

Judith M SchlaegerUniversity of Illinois Chicago, College of Nursing, Department of Human Development Nursing Science, United States. Electronic address: jschlaeg@uic.edu.
Alana D SteffenUniversity of Illinois Chicago, College of Nursing, Department of Population Health Nursing Science, United States.
Nobuari TakakuraTokyo Ariake University of Medical and Health Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, Japan.
William H KobakUniversity of Illinois Chicago, College of Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, United States.
Miho TakayamaTokyo Ariake University of Medical and Health Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, Japan.
Hiroyoshi YajimaTokyo Ariake University of Medical and Health Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, Japan.
Marie L SuarezUniversity of Illinois Chicago, College of Nursing, Department of Human Development Nursing Science, United States.
Monya MeinelUniversity of Illinois Chicago, College of Nursing, Department of Human Development Nursing Science, United States.
Larisa A BurkeUniversity of Illinois Chicago, College of Nursing, Office of Research Facilitation, United States.
Heather A PaulsUniversity of Illinois Chicago, College of Nursing, Office of Research Facilitation, United States.
Yingwei YaoUniversity of Florida College of Nursing, Department of Biobehavioral Nursing Science, United States.
Jennifer E GlayzerUniversity of Illinois Chicago, College of Nursing, Department of Human Development Nursing Science, United States.
David C FosterUniversity of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, United States.
Ted J KaptchukBeth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/Harvard Medical School, Program in Placebo Studies, United States.
Diana J WilkieUniversity of Florida College of Nursing, Department of Biobehavioral Nursing Science, United States.

Funding

Double-blind Phase 2 RCT: Effect of Acupuncture on Patient Vulvodynia OutcomesR01HD091210 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO · PI SCHLAEGER, JUDITH MICHELLE · 2017 to 2021
$2.0M
Characterization of Vulvodynia and Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS) Pain in WomenF31NR019529 · NINR · UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO · PI GLAYZER, JENNIFER · 2021 to 2023
$127k
NICHD NIH HHS R01 HD091210NINR NIH HHS F31 NR019529
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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Indexed as

AcupunctureChronic painDouble-blind acupuncture needlesPlaceboPlacebo acupunctureSham acupunctureVulvodynia

Identifiers

PMID41933821
PMCPMC13405315

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