Acupuncture: safety first.

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.

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

1. Systematic review of acupuncture in cancer care: a synthesis of the evidence.Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology · 2013
   Pooled it
2. Usage of complementary therapies in rheumatology: a systematic review.Clinical rheumatology · 1998
   Pooled it
3. Acupuncture for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD): study protocol for a randomised controlled trial.Trials · 2011
   Trial
4. 3D Visualized Anatomy Model Software for Teaching Acupoints and Related Neurovascular Musculature in Korean Acupoint Practice Classes.Medical acupuncture · 2025
   Article
5. Use of bone landmarks for assessing the safety of acupuncture on the posterior midline of the neck region.BMC complementary medicine and therapies · 2024
   Article
6. Utilization of and Attitudes towards Traditional Chinese Medicine Therapies in a Chinese Cancer Hospital: A Survey of Patients and Physicians.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2012
   Article
7. The safety of acupuncture.BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 2001
   Article
8. Acupuncture may be associated with serious adverse events.BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 2000
   Review
9. Indwelling needles carry greater risks than acupuncture techniques.BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 1999
   Article

Corrections and comments

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  Safety in acupuncture. Rigorous accreditation schedule for acupuncture already exists.1997
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  Safety in acupuncture. Core curriculum is important.1997
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  Safety in acupuncture. Guidelines on practice of acupuncture exist.1997
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  Indwelling needles carry greater risks than acupuncture techniques.1999
• Commented on by
  Acupuncture may be associated with serious adverse events.2000

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

Abstract

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