Background Acupuncture has been increasingly used in patients with chronic pain, yet no
bibliometric analysis of acupuncture studies for chronic pain exists. Objectives To investigate …

Importance Chronic back pain (CBP) is a leading cause of disability, and treatment is often
ineffective. Approximately 85% of cases are primary CBP, for which peripheral etiology …

Purpose Fibromyalgia (FM) is a syndrome characterized by widespread pain, which caused
huge economic and social burden. Acupuncture is often used to manage chronic pain …

Pain is a kind of complex physiological and psychological symptom, which makes the
person debilitated and uncomfortable. Some persistent pain is unbearable for the patients …

Background Acupuncture showed better improvement than sham acupuncture in reducing
attack frequency of tension-type headache (TTH), but its effectiveness relative to first-line …

Abstract Proton (1 H) Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy (MRS) is a non-invasive tool
capable of quantifying brain metabolite concentrations in vivo. Prioritization of …

The patient–acupuncturist interaction was a critical influencing factor for acupuncture effects
but its mechanism remains unclear. This study aimed to examine the inter‐brain mechanism …

Introduction We aimed to evaluate the efficacy of electroacupuncture in relieving acute pain
after total knee arthroplasty (TKA) and related mechanism. Methods In this randomized …

Background Fibromyalgia is a rheumatic disease with no specific laboratory markers and is
insensitive to hormonal drugs and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs commonly used to …

Introduction: Fibromyalgia is a chronic illness that causes symptoms such as pain. In Japan,
although pregabalin and duloxetine are the drugs of choice for fibromyalgia, they may be …