The Association Between Acupuncture Therapies and Reduced Fracture Risk in Patients with Osteoarthritis: A Nationwide Retrospective Matched Cohort Study

Huang, Chia-Yu; Wu, Mei-Yao; Huang, Mingcheng; Zimmerman, Greg; Yang, Liang-Yo; Lin, Cheng‐Li; Tou, Sio-Ian; Yen, Hung-Rong

doi:10.1089/jicm.2021.0287

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“…Our results revealed the associations of acupuncture therapy with a lower incidence of pressure ulcers among dementia patients recruited from a nationwide database that included 24 million participants. 7 …”

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“…Most Taiwanese patients (99.6% in 2021) are covered by the National Health Insurance (NHI) program, 7 which enables patients to receive medication for dementia treatment when their Mini-Mental State Exam (MMSE) scores ≤26 or when their clinical dementia rating (CDR) ≥1. However, medication is not covered by the NHI when MMSE scores decrease by ≥2 points or when the CDR decreases by ≥1 in the next year.…”

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The association between acupuncture therapy and the risk of reduced pressure ulcers in dementia patients: A retrospective matched cohort study

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Wu,

Huang

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Integrative Medicine Research

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The association between acupuncture therapy and the risk of reduced pressure ulcers in dementia patients: A retrospective matched cohort study

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Huang

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Integrative Medicine Research

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“…In many countries, such as Taiwan, Germany, and China, acupuncture therapy is widely used to control pain when patients have musculoskeletal and immune problems, including RA. [21][22][23][24][25] A previous cohort study found that approximately 27.3% of RA patients in Taiwan ever consulted traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) services, and 23.6% of these patients had received acupuncture. 26 Furthermore, secondary stroke prevention is also noted to result from acupuncture therapy in the Taiwanese population.…”

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Effect of acupuncture on ischaemic stroke in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: a nationwide propensity score-matched study

Huang,

Liao

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BMJ Open

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ObjectiveTo demonstrate that acupuncture is beneficial for decreasing the risk of ischaemic stroke in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA).DesignA propensity score-matched cohort study.SettingA nationwide population-based study.ParticipantsPatients with RA diagnosed between 1 January 1997 and 31 December 2010, through the National Health Insurance Research Database in Taiwan.InterventionsPatients who were administered acupuncture therapy from the initial date of RA diagnosis to 31 December 2010 were included in the acupuncture cohort. Patients who did not receive acupuncture treatment during the same time interval constituted the no-acupuncture cohort.Primary outcome measuresA Cox regression model was used to adjust for age, sex, comorbidities, and types of drugs used. We compared the subhazard ratios (SHRs) of ischaemic stroke between these two cohorts through competing-risks regression models.ResultsAfter 1:1 propensity score matching, a total of 23 226 patients with newly diagnosed RA were equally subgrouped into acupuncture cohort or no-acupuncture cohort according to their use of acupuncture. The basic characteristics of these patients were similar. A lower cumulative incidence of ischaemic stroke was found in the acupuncture cohort (log-rank test, p<0.001; immortal time (period from initial diagnosis of RA to index date) 1065 days; mean number of acupuncture visits 9.83. In the end, 341 patients in the acupuncture cohort (5.95 per 1000 person-years) and 605 patients in the no-acupuncture cohort (12.4 per 1000 person-years) experienced ischaemic stroke (adjusted SHR 0.57, 95% CI 0.50 to 0.65). The advantage of lowering ischaemic stroke incidence through acupuncture therapy in RA patients was independent of sex, age, types of drugs used, and comorbidities.ConclusionsThis study showed the beneficial effect of acupuncture in reducing the incidence of ischaemic stroke in patients with RA.

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“…APS has been used for thousands of years to control symptoms and treat disease [ 14 , 15 ]. APS is practiced, according to the theory of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), through acupuncture (sterile needle stimulation) [ 14 ], acupressure (manual stimulation) [ 16 ], laser acupuncture [ 17 ], electrical stimulation [ 18 ], and magnetic acupuncture (stimulation with specific equipment) and involves stimulating the acupoints of the human body to achieve therapeutic effects, such as pain control.…”

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Effect of Acupoint Stimulation on Controlling Pain from Heel Lance in Neonates: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials

2023

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To evaluate the effect of acupoint stimulation compared to other interventions on pain control in neonates who underwent heel lance, we searched for randomized controlled trials across six databases (CINAHL, Cochrane Library, EMBASE, Medline, PubMed, and Web of Science) published up to January 2023. Studies comparing acupoint stimulation and other interventions for controlling heel lance pain in neonates were included. These reports measured at least one of the following variables: pain score, crying time, oxygenation saturation, heart rate, respiration rate, and duration of the procedure. The data were independently extracted by two authors, and the PRISMA guidelines for study selection were followed. A total of 79 articles were screened, and 10 studies, with results on 813 neonates, were included in the final selection. The pain scores recorded during the heel lance procedure were not significantly different between the acupoint stimulation cohort and the control cohort (SMD of −0.26, 95% confidence interval (CI) from −0.52 to 0.01; p = 0.06; I2 = 68%). After processing the subgroup analyses, significant differences were found in the comparisons of acupuncture vs. usual care (SMD of −1.25, 95% CI from −2.23 to 0.27) and acupressure vs. usual care (SMD of −0.62, 95% CI from −0.96 to −0.28); nonsignificant differences were found in other comparisons. Our results demonstrate that acupoint stimulation may improve pain score during the heel lance procedure.

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The Association Between Acupuncture Therapies and Reduced Fracture Risk in Patients with Osteoarthritis: A Nationwide Retrospective Matched Cohort Study

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The association between acupuncture therapy and the risk of reduced pressure ulcers in dementia patients: A retrospective matched cohort study

The association between acupuncture therapy and the risk of reduced pressure ulcers in dementia patients: A retrospective matched cohort study

Effect of acupuncture on ischaemic stroke in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: a nationwide propensity score-matched study

Effect of Acupoint Stimulation on Controlling Pain from Heel Lance in Neonates: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials

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