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Acupuncture for metabolic syndrome: systematic review and meta-analysis

open access: yes, 2020
Background: Metabolic syndrome (MetS) is a cluster of conditions associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular disease and diabetes mellitus. Acupuncture may have benefits in the treatment of MetS.
Jia, HX, Yin, DQ, Li, X, Zhang, ZJ
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Dental Students Versus Dentists’ Professional Pain and Coping Strategies: Does Dental Education Matter?

open access: yesJournal of Dental Education, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objectives Dentists are at risk of developing musculoskeletal pain (MP) during their professional lives. The objectives were to compare dental students’ and dentists’ professional pain–related education, current professional pain, coping strategies, and evaluations of ways to alleviate pain.
Shraddha Ramnath, Marita R. Inglehart
wiley   +1 more source

Acupuncture for dysmenorrhoea

open access: yesCochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2016
Primary dysmenorrhoea is the most common form of period pain and affects up to three-quarters of women at some stage of their reproductive life. Primary dysmenorrhoea is pain in the absence of any organic cause and is characterised by cramping pain in the lower abdomen, starting within the first eight to 72 hours of menstruation.This review examines ...
Caroline A, Smith   +5 more
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Neuroplastic Mechanisms of Acupuncture in Post-Stroke Motor Recovery: A Randomized Multimodal MRI Trial. [PDF]

open access: yesCNS Neurosci Ther
This randomized controlled trial found the true‐acupoint (TA) intervention to be superior to the sham‐acupoint (SA) intervention in improving motor recovery and neurological deficits post‐stroke. TA uniquely induces neuroplastic changes, evidenced by the modulation of default mode network dynamics and the promotion of gray matter plasticity in key ...
Yu X   +9 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Clinical Outcomes of Photobiomodulation Therapy for Inferior Alveolar Nerve Injury: A Retrospective Analysis

open access: yesLasers in Surgery and Medicine, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objectives This retrospective study evaluated the clinical outcomes associated with a photobiomodulation therapy (PBMT) protocol in patients with inferior alveolar nerve (IAN) injury following oral and maxillofacial surgery. The study specifically investigated whether the etiology of paresthesia, the time elapsed before treatment initiation ...
Halenur Ates, Yavuz Tolga Korkmaz
wiley   +1 more source

Clinical Evidence of Acupoint Stimulation for Primary Dysmenorrhea: A Systematic Review and Updated Meta-Analysis [Letter]

open access: yesJournal of Pain Research
Haixu Jin,* Wenqing Xu,* Chuanlong Zhou Department of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, People’s Republic of China*These authors ...
Jin H, Xu W, Zhou C
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Analysis on Current State of Acupuncture Clinical Trials with Sham Acupuncture Design in Western Countries

open access: yes针刺研究, 2015
The design of"sham acupuncture"is necessary in clinical trials of acupuncture for confirming its effectiveness in the treatment of different disorders.The authors of the present paper made a comprehensive analysis on"sham acupuncture"or"placebo ...
HE Wei   +5 more
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The Comparison of Effective between Acupuncture and Bee Venom Acupuncture on the Treatment of Acute Lumbar Herniation of Intervertebral Disc

open access: yesJournal of Pharmacopuncture, 2006
Objective : Herniation of Intervertebral Disc(HIVD) is the most common disease causing low back pain. Acupuncture and Bee Venom Acupuncture has been used for treatment of HIVD. This study is to investigate the effective of Bee Venom Acupuncture for HIVD.
Chang So-Young   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Neuroanatomic Basis of the Acupuncture Principal Meridians

open access: yes, 2009
Acupuncture involves treating illness by inserting needles at specified body locations (acupoints). The Principal meridians are pathways that join acupoints with related physiologic effects.
Peter Dorsher
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