Perspectives in Complementary Medicine: Mechanisms and Controversies Over the Use of Acupuncture for Pain Management

Medeiros, Magda Alves de

doi:10.2217/pmt-2019-0026

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“…Acupuncture played an important role in pain management as well. 6–11 Acupuncture is considered to be effective in the treatment of chronic and acute pain. 12–17 Animal and clinical trials related to the mechanism of acupuncture in treating pain have verified the effectiveness of acupuncture for pain.…”

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Knowledge Mapping of International Research on Acupuncture for Chronic Pain: A Bibliometric Analysis

Jiao¹,

Ding²,

Jin³

et al. 2022

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Introduction With the wide acceptance of acupuncture, many papers and guidelines recommend that acupuncture is effective for chronic pain (CP). In this study, we applied bibliometric methods to analyze the current research situation of acupuncture intervention in CP, to gain insight into the current situation and future development trend of this field. Material and Methods Science Citation Index Expanded was searched for publications related to acupuncture for CP between 1900 and 2022. VOSviewer, CiteSpace and Thomson Data Analyzer were used to analyze the annual publication, authors and cited authors and their countries (regions) and institutions, journals and cited journals, cited references, co-occurrence keywords, burst keywords, and the relevant centrality. Results A total of 1968 papers were retrieved, the annual publications have shown a rapid growth trend in the recent 20 years. The USA (708) and the Kyung Hee University (31) were the most productive country and institution, respectively, while the USA (0.37) and University of Maryland (0.13) had the highest centrality. MacPherson, Hugh published the most papers in this field (29), and Vickers, A J were the most influential author (289 times cited). Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine was the most productive journal (92), whereas PAIN was the most influential one (4743 times cited). Breivik, H’s (2006) paper had the most citation count (3025), while Furlan’s (2005) paper had the highest centrality (0.23). The research focuses in this field mainly include pain, electroacupuncture, Low back pain, Systematic review, Randomized controlled trial etc. Researchers are currently paying more attention to the psychological problems caused by CP. Conclusion The research of acupuncture for CP will be further expanded. International cooperation of this research field needs to be further strengthened. More high-quality designed trials need to be conducted.

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confidence: 99%