The Role of Scalp Acupuncture for Relieving the Chronic Pain of Degenerative Osteoarthritis: A Pilot Study of Egyptian Women [0.03%]
头皮针灸治疗埃及女性退行性骨关节炎慢性止痛的疗效观察
Hemat Allam,Nagwa Hassan Mohammed
Hemat Allam
Background: Osteoarthritis (OA) is a common chronic and painful condition secondary to deterioration of cartilage. OA-related pain can be managed pharmacologically together with complementary therapies, such as acupunctur...
Acupoint Stimulation for Acne: A Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials [0.03%]
穴位刺激治疗痤疮的随机对照试验系统评价
Hui-Juan Cao,Guo-Yan Yang,Yu-Yi Wang et al.
Hui-Juan Cao et al.
Background: Acupoint stimulation-including acupuncture, moxibustion, cupping, acupoint injection, and acupoint catgut embedding-has shown a beneficial effect for treating acne. However, comprehensive evaluation of current...
Acupuncture for Treating Anxiety and Depression in Women: A Clinical Systematic Review [0.03%]
针刺治疗女性焦虑抑郁的临床系统综述
David P Sniezek,Imran J Siddiqui
David P Sniezek
Background: Anxiety and depression are high in prevalence, especially in the female population, whose incidence is approximately double that of the male population. In addition, these conditions are difficult to treat and...
Pressure Pain Sensitivity and Insular Combined Glutamate and Glutamine (Glx) Are Associated with Subsequent Clinical Response to Sham But Not Traditional Acupuncture in Patients Who Have Chronic Pain [0.03%]
慢性疼痛患者的假针刺而非传统针刺的临床疗效与压力痛敏及岛叶谷氨酰胺有关联性研究
Steven E Harte,Daniel J Clauw,Vitaly Napadow et al.
Steven E Harte et al.
Background: Clinical trials of acupuncture in chronic pain have largely failed to demonstrate efficacy of traditional over sham acupuncture. However, it should be noted that sham acupuncture is not inert. ...
The Antidepressant Effect of Laser Acupuncture: A Comparison of the Resting Brain's Default Mode Network in Healthy and Depressed Subjects During Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging [0.03%]
激光针刺的抗抑郁效应及其对健康人和抑郁症患者在功能磁共振成像时大脑默认模式网络的影响比较研究
Im Quah-Smith,Chao Suo,Mark A Williams et al.
Im Quah-Smith et al.
Background: It has been suggested that the antidepressant effect of laser acupuncture involves modulation of the default mode network (DMN) or resting state network (RSN). In this study, the authors investigated changes i...
John Longhurst
John Longhurst
Over the last several decades, there has been an explosion of articles on acupuncture, including studies that have begun to explore mechanisms underlying its analgesic and cardiovascular actions. Modulation of cardiovascular function is mos...
Adherence to, and Satisfaction with, the Self-Acupressure Intervention in the LIFE Weight-Loss Maintenance Study [0.03%]
LIFE体重维持研究中自我穴位按压干预的依从性和满意度
Charles R Elder,Lynn L Debar,Kristine L Funk et al.
Charles R Elder et al.
Background: The LIFE study was a randomized controlled trial assessing the impact of a self-acupressure intervention, Tapas Acupressure Technique® (TAT®), on weight-loss maintenance. The primary analysis showed no signi...
Diminished Ovarian Reserve, Clomid, and Traditional Chinese Medicine: A Case Study [0.03%]
卵巢功能早衰的中医辨证论治临床研究病例报告
Lee Hullender Rubin,Benjamin L Marx
Lee Hullender Rubin
Background: Infertility caused by diminished ovarian reserve (DOR) can result from an endocrinological imbalance. A rise in follicle stimulating hormone (FSH) and decrease in antral follicle count (AFC) for women age ≤35...
The Feasibility and Effects of Acupuncture on Quality of Life Scores During Chemotherapy in Ovarian Cancer: Results from a Pilot, Randomized Sham-Controlled Trial [0.03%]
针灸改善卵巢癌化疗期间生活质量的可行性及其效果：一项试点随机临床试验的阴性对照研究结果
Weidong Lu,Ursula A Matulonis,Julie E Dunn et al.
Weidong Lu et al.
Background: Within a pilot trial regarding chemotherapy-induced neutropenia, the secondary aim of the main study was explored. This involved measuring the effects-as shown on two key measurement scales reflecting quality ...
Does Syndrome Differentiation Matter? A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials in Cochrane Reviews of Acupuncture [0.03%]
辨证对疗效重要吗——针灸随机对照试验Meta分析的思考
Huijuan Cao,Suzannah Bourchier,Jianping Liu
Huijuan Cao
Background: One of the basic and important principles of Traditional Chinese Medicine theory is syndrome differentiation, which is widely utilized for individual diagnosis and in the application of acupuncture treatment. ...