Acupuncture for the relief of chronic pain: a synthesis of systematic reviews

CA Paley, MI Johnson - Medicina, 2019 - mdpi.com
Background and Objectives: It is estimated that 28 million people in the UK live with chronic
pain. A biopsychosocial approach to chronic pain is recommended which combines …

Synthesizing the strength of the evidence of complementary and integrative health therapies for pain

KF Giannitrapani, JR Holliday, IM Miake-Lye… - Pain …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Objective Pain and opioid use are highly prevalent, leading for calls to include
nonpharmacological options in pain management, including complementary and integrative …

Electroacupuncture ameliorates learning and memory in rats with cerebral ischemia-reperfusion injury by inhibiting oxidative stress and promoting p-CREB …

R Lin, Y Lin, J Tao, B Chen, K Yu… - Molecular …, 2015 - spandidos-publications.com
The present study aimed to investigate the mechanisms by which electroacupuncture (EA)
ameliorates learning and memory in rats with cerebral ischemic-reperfusion (I/R) injury …

Wrist-ankle acupuncture has a positive effect on chronic pain: a systematic review and meta-analysis

M Pan, Y Lan, Z Wang - Acupuncture and Herbal Medicine, 2023 - journals.lww.com
An increasing number of practitioners are using acupuncture methods such as wrist-ankle
acupuncture (WAA) to treat pain. We aimed systematically to evaluate the effects of WAA on …

Wrist-ankle acupuncture and Fluoxetine in the treatment of post-stroke depression: a randomized controlled clinical trial.

Y Yanli, Z Tianfang, S Shi, Q Xiaolu… - Journal of …, 2020 - search.ebscohost.com
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the effects of WAA combined with fluoxetine in the clinical
treatment of post-stroke depression (PSD). METHODS: In this randomized, controlled and …

Analgesic electrical stimulation combined with wrist-ankle acupuncture reduces the cortical response to pain in patients with Myofasciitis: a randomized clinical trial

J Du, P Shi, J Liu, H Yu, F Fang - Pain Medicine, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Objective Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) based on wrist-ankle
acupuncture has been shown to relieve pain levels in patients with myofascial pain …

Effect of wrist-ankle acupuncture therapy combined with auricular acupuncture on cancer pain: a four-parallel arm randomized controlled trial

LP Xu, SL Yang, SQ Su, BX Huang, XM Lan… - … therapies in clinical …, 2020 - Elsevier
Background Cancer pain affects the quality of life of cancer patients; therefore, various
methods exist for alleviating the adverse effects caused by cancer pain …

Pain modulation induced by electronic wrist‐ankle acupuncture: A functional near‐infrared spectroscopy study

P Shi, J Liu, J Du, H Yu, F Fang - Pain Practice, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Background As a new technology, electronic wrist‐ankle acupuncture (E‐WAA) combines
the advantages of wrist‐ankle acupuncture and transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation …

Time-effective analgesic effect of acupressure ankle strip pressing wrist and ankle acupuncture point on primary dysmenorrhea: Study protocol clinical trial (SPIRIT …

S Zhai, Y Ruan, Y Liu, Z Lin, C Xia, F Fang, Q Zhou - Medicine, 2020 - journals.lww.com
Background: Dysmenorrhea seriously affects the ability of women to perform normal social
activities and decreases their quality of life. Primary dysmenorrhea can be effectively treated …

Influence of the intensity, components, and spreading of the Deqi sensation on the analgesic effect of SP6 needling in primary dysmenorrhea patients: a secondary …

N Hu, Y Liu, M Zhao, P Wang, G Wu… - Evidence‐Based …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Although deqi, the phenomenon whereby excitation of Qi in the meridians occurs with
needling, is critical to the practice of acupuncture and its efficacy, it is poorly understood. So …