Auricular Acupuncture for Anxiety in Health Care Volunteers: Randomized Crossover Study Comparing Real and Sham Needles

GagliardiGiuseppe,; MeneghettiMariarosa,; CeccherelliFrancesco,; GiommiAndrea,; RomoliMarco,

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“…There was a significant reduction of the numeric rating scale anxiety score ( p < 0.01) and State-Trait Anxiety Inventory State anxiety score values ( p < 0.005) in the real acupuncture group. The Bispectral Index System score did not change after 5 minutes, but a significant decrease in anxiety was noted in the real acupuncture group [ 104 ].…”

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The History, Mechanism, and Clinical Application of Auricular Therapy in Traditional Chinese Medicine

Hou

Hsu

Lin

et al. 2015

Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

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Auricular therapy includes acupuncture, electroacupuncture, acupressure, lasering, cauterization, moxibustion, and bloodletting in the auricle. For 2500 years, people have employed auricular therapy for treating diseases, but the methods have been limited to bloodletting and cauterization. Only after 1957, the international scientific community became aware that the map of the ear resembles an inverted fetus, its introduction has led to auricular acupuncture (AA) becoming a more systemic approach, and, following the identification and standardization of more precise points, AA has been employed in clinical applications. The mechanisms of AA are considered to have a close relationship with the autonomic nervous system, the neuroendocrine system, neuroimmunological factors, neuroinflammation, and neural reflex, as well as antioxidation. Auricular therapy has been applied, for example, for pain relief, for the treatment of epilepsy, anxiety, and obesity, and for improving sleep quality. However, the mechanisms and evidence for auricular therapy warrant further study.

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The History, Mechanism, and Clinical Application of Auricular Therapy in Traditional Chinese Medicine

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Hsu

Lin

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“…As a result, 51 articles were read in full, of which 27 were excluded and 24 included in the qualitative analysis ( Figure 1). The included articles were carried out in hospitals (n = 14) (1,4,(14)(15)(16)(18)(19)(21)(22)24,(26)(27)(29)(30) , universities (n = 2) (11,16) , specialized medical centers (n = 4) (2)(3)17,27) , one non-governmental organization (n = 1) (23) , and one long-term institution (n = 1) (20) , among others (13,23) . Of these, 22 were developed in Western countries, and two in Eastern countries (24,30) .…”

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“…A total of 22 (92%) articles showed a positive effect of auriculotherapy on stress (1,(3)(4)(14)(15)30) , anxiety (2,(11)(12)(13)(16)(17)(18)(19)20,22,(24)(25)(26)(28)(29)(30) or depression (23)(24)(25)(26)(28)(29)(30) . The main tools for measuring outcomes were: List of Symptoms of Stress (LSS) (1,4,(14)(15) , the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) (11)(12)(17)(18)(19)(20)22,27) , and the Hamilton Anxiety and Depression Scale (24,29) .…”

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“…The main lines of reasoning used in studies for auriculotherapy application were Chinese (1)(2)4,11,(13)(14)(15)(16)(17)(18)(19)(20)(24)(25)27,30) , the National Acupuncture Detoxification Association (NADA) protocol (3,(28)(29) , the French line (21,26) , The Auricular Protocol for Pain & Anxiety (APPA) (22) , and the Gold Protocol (17) . Two of the studies did not define the theoretical foundation (12,23) .…”

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“…Scientific evidence points to the effects of this intervention on stress (1,(3)(4)(14)(15) , anxiety (2,(11)(12)(13)(16)(17)(18)(19)(20)(21)(22) and depression (23) in isolation or only in associating anxiety and depression (24)(25)(26)(27)(28)(29) . However, there are few studies to date which have evaluated the three outcomes together (30) .…”

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Efeitos da auriculoterapia sobre o estresse, ansiedade e depressão em adultos e idosos: revisão sistemática

Corrêa¹,

Moura

Azevedo

et al. 2020

Rev. esc. enferm. USP

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RESUMO Objetivo Identificar evidências na literatura científica acerca dos efeitos da auriculoterapia no tratamento do estresse, ansiedade e depressão em adultos e idosos, analisando os principais protocolos para a aplicação da intervenção. Método Revisão sistemática seguindo os principais itens para relatar revisões sistemáticas e meta-análises (PRISMA). Em fevereiro de 2019, foram desenvolvidas estratégias detalhadas de busca individual para BDENF, CINAHL, Cochrane, CUMED, Embase, LILACS, PEDro, PubMed, Scopus, Segunda Opinião Formativa e Web of Science. A qualidade metodológica dos estudos foi avaliada por meio da Escala de Jadad. Resultados Dos 859 artigos encontrados, 24 compuseram a amostra do estudo. Destes, 22 (92%) evidenciaram efeito positivo da auriculoterapia para estresse, ansiedade ou depressão. Conclusão As evidências disponíveis acerca dos efeitos da auriculoterapia sobre o estresse, ansiedade e depressão comprovam a efetividade da técnica em indivíduos adultos e idosos. No entanto, os estudos apresentaram fragilidades metodológicas. Apesar dos protocolos identificados serem diferentes, existem pontos frequentes, dentre os quais estão Shenmen, Rim, Sistema Nervoso Autônomo, Coração, Tronco Cerebral e Fígado 1 e 2 que podem ser utilizados em novos estudos.

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A Tribute to the Life of Marco Romoli (1947–2017)

Elisabetta¹

2018

Medical Acupuncture

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Thereafter, he entered the School of Radiology, but during his first year of residency, Dr. Romoli realized that radiology did not hold significant interest for him. Dr. Romoli then went to Japan where he spent one year studying acupuncture with Yoshio Manaka, MD, of the Kitazato Research Institute in Tokyo. In the 1970s and 1980s, Dr. Manaka was researching acupuncture and moxibustion, in addition to mechanisms affected by ear acupuncture using animal models.Upon returning to Europe in 1976, Dr. Romoli went to Vienna to the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Acupuncture, which was founded 23 years earlier. The research team at the Institute included Johannes Bischko and was at the forefront of research on acupuncture. At the time, acupuncture had been legalized and was practiced only by medical doctors. Austrian scientists at the Institute studied acupoint characteristics from various angles, including histological construction, ability to alter stomach motility, and increase the number of erythrocytes, as well as neural and humoral mechanisms.Since early 1972, Dr. Bischko and his associates at the Institute had been performing tonsillectomies, tooth extractions, thyroidectomies, pacemaker implantations, Cesarean sections, hernia repairs, appendectomies, heart surgery, and other types of operations using acupuncture as part of analgesia. This time was an extraordinary period for auriculotherapy discoveries.The basic idea of the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute was to bring together specialists to address specific clinical problems.Marco Romoli was a pupil of Johannes Bischko before he joined the International Group Groupe Lyonnais d'Etudes Me ´dicales (GLEM). In addition to his training at the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute, Dr. Romoli also studied orthopedic manual medicine with Robert Maigne in Paris.

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Auricular Acupuncture for Anxiety in Health Care Volunteers: Randomized Crossover Study Comparing Real and Sham Needles

Cited by 8 publications

References 17 publications

The History, Mechanism, and Clinical Application of Auricular Therapy in Traditional Chinese Medicine

The History, Mechanism, and Clinical Application of Auricular Therapy in Traditional Chinese Medicine

Efeitos da auriculoterapia sobre o estresse, ansiedade e depressão em adultos e idosos: revisão sistemática

A Tribute to the Life of Marco Romoli (1947–2017)

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