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Clinical Efficacy and Safety of Acupuncture Rehabilitation for Post-stroke Depression: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis [PDF]
BIO Web of Conferences, 2023 Objective: The most important and common psychiatric disorders after stroke include post-stroke depression, which can lead to a variety of negative health outcomes.
Xie Wenzhan +3 more
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Integrative Cancer Therapies, 2023 Objective Since there is a lack of effective pharmacological therapies for chemotherapy-induced neuropathy and many patients ask for integrative cancer therapies such as acupuncture, the objective of this pilot study was to describe patients’ experiences,
Kristina Lagerstedt MSc +1 more
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ASPIRE guidelines and their enlightenment on application of sham acupuncture in clinical researches
针刺研究, 2023 Reasonable and standard application of sham acupuncture control is the key to determine the quality of acupuncture clinical trials, and is also a difficult problem faced by acupuncture clinical research.
LIU Xiao-yu +10 more
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BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine, 2008 Background Clinical studies suggest that acupuncture can stimulate saliva production and reduce xerostomia (dry mouth). We were interested in exploring the neuronal substrates involved in such responses.
Holodny Andrei I +3 more
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A Case Report on the Effect of Sham Acupuncture
Journal of Acupuncture and Meridian Studies, 2016 When nausea, an extremely unpleasant symptom, is experienced during dental treatment, it generates disorders and obstacles for both the patient and the professional, compromising the good quality of dental care. Clinical studies have confirmed the antiemetic action of acupuncture and shown its use for the treatment of nausea and vomiting.
Zotelli, Vera Lucia Rasera +2 more
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The Effects of Acupuncture on Crohn’s Disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Journal of Pharmacopuncture, 2023 Objectives: Crohn’s disease is a chronic gastrointestinal disease that belongs to inflammatory bowel disease. This systematic review aims to assess the level of evidence in randomized controlled trials (RCTs) on the effects of acupuncture for Crohn’s ...
Joon Hyun Bae +5 more
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Is Sham Laser a Valid Control for Acupuncture Trials? [PDF]
Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, 2011 Methodological problems of acupuncture trials focus on adequate placebo controls. In this trial we evaluated the use of sham laser acupuncture as a control procedure. Thirty‐four healthy volunteers received verum laser (invisible infrared laser emission and red light, 45 s and 1 J per point) and sham laser (red light) treatment at three acupuncture ...
Irnich, Dominik +3 more
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PLoS ONE, 2014 BackgroundIn a recent individual patient data meta-analysis, acupuncture was found to be superior to both sham and non-sham controls in patients with chronic pain.
Hugh MacPherson +7 more
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A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of the Therapeutic Effect of Acupuncture on Migraine
Frontiers in Neurology, 2020 Background: Migraine is an intractable headache disorder, manifesting as periodic attacks. It is highly burdensome for patients and society. Acupuncture treatment can be beneficial as a supplementary and preventive therapy for migraine.Objectives: This ...
Ming-Qian Ou +16 more
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Getting the grip on nonspecific treatment effects: emesis in patients randomized to acupuncture or sham compared to patients receiving standard care. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2011 It is not known whether or not delivering acupuncture triggers mechanisms cited as placebo and if acupuncture or sham reduces radiotherapy-induced emesis more than standard care.Cancer patients receiving radiotherapy over abdominal/pelvic regions were ...
Anna Enblom +7 more
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