Complementary Therapies in MedicineBackground and purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is called “immortal cancer”, and it affects the quality of life, disability rate and even the survival of patients.
Huifang Luo, Xiangwei Yang
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Intradermal acupuncture for primary dysmenorrhea: A protocol of systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials. [PDF]
Medicine (Baltimore), 2020 Abstract Background: Primary dysmenorrhea (PD) is one of the common gynecological diseases, the incidence of PD is on the rise and young women are more likely to have it, which seriously affects women's physical, mental health and work life.
Xu D +5 more
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Efficacy of intradermal acupuncture for insomnia: a meta-analysis
Sleep Medicine, 2021 To provide updated evidence from randomized controlled trials (RCTs) on the efficacy of intradermal acupuncture for insomnia.A search of relevant literatures was performed on major medical databases, including the Cochrane Library, PubMed, EMBASE, CBM, CNKI, VIP, Wanfang Data and so on.
Ruizhi Jing
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中西医结合护理, 2022 This paper summarized the nursing interventions for a child with Tourette's syndrome treated with intradermal acupuncture. Scientific assessment on disease and patient conditions was conducted before treatment.
CHANG Mingsi (常明思) +1 more
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Intradermal Acupuncture for Moderate to Severe Dry Eye Disease: a pilot randomized controlled trial [PDF]
Journal of PharmacopunctureObjectives: The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of intradermal acupuncture for the treatment of moderate to severe dry eye disease (DED).
Soo-Yeon Park
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中西医结合护理, 2022 Insomnia is the most common mental and emotional disease that occurs in stroke patients, and insomnia indirectly affects the recovery of nerve function and clinical prognosis in stroke patients, and may even lead to the recurrence of stroke.
GAO Ya (高雅), LIU Guiying (刘桂英)
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Treatment of Degenerative Lumbar Spondylolisthesis by Tongdu Bushen Acupuncture, Intradermal Acupuncture, and Moxibustion Integrated Therapy Combined with Core Muscle Training Program: Study Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial. [PDF]
Evid Based Complement Alternat Med, 2022 Background. Degenerative lumbar spondylolisthesis (DLS), one of the most common causes of low back pain, is defined as the displacement of a vertebral body over the lower vertebral body with degenerative changes and the absence of fracture or defect in the vertebral ring. This disease is a common and frequently occurring disease.
Song X +6 more
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Acupuncture is a feasible treatment for post-thoracotomy pain: results of a prospective pilot trial [PDF]
BMC Anesthesiology, 2006 Background Thoracotomy is associated with severe pain that may persist for years. Acupuncture is a complementary therapy with a proven role in pain control.
Malhotra Vivek T +4 more
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Auricular Intradermal Acupuncture as a Supplementary Motor Rehabilitation Strategy in Poststroke Patients: A Randomized Preliminary Clinical Study. [PDF]
Evid Based Complement Alternat Med, 2020 We have explored the potential of auricular intradermal acupuncture (AIA) in standard rehabilitation and acupuncture treatment for motor recovery in poststroke patients. This was a randomized, controlled preliminary clinical study in which the patients were randomly assigned to the CT group (conventional treatment, standard rehabilitation, and routine ...
Miao D +7 more
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Biodegradable microneedle acupuncture has equivalent efficacy to traditional intradermal acupuncture for dry eye disease: A pilot single-blinded, randomized controlled trial. [PDF]
Medicine (Baltimore)Background: Dry eye disease (DED) is a common ocular disorder in which the tear film cannot maintain homeostasis. Acupuncture has been used to treat DED in Korean medicine. Particularly, intradermal acupuncture (IDA) is less painful and enables free movement after treatment.
Song JH, Park SY.
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