Objective: To compare the effect of Tongyuan acupuncture combined with medication and medication alone on pregnancy outcome in patients with recurrent implantation failure (RIF) of thin endometrium type. Methods: A total of 74 patients with RIF of thin endometrium type undergoing freeze-thaw embryo transfer were randomly divided into an observation group (37 cases) and …
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Objective: Breast milk is the best food for newly born infants because it is more digestible and can relieve infants’ gastrointestinal burdens. The purpose of this study was to investigate the application effect of abdominal acupoint massage on feeding intolerance in premature infants. Methods: A total of 50 premature infants with feeding …
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Objective: To evaluate the effect of transcutaneous electrical acupoint stimulation on the pregnancy outcomes of in vitro fertilization-embryo transfer (IVF) based on the available clinical evidence. Methods: We searched PubMed, MEDLINE, EMBASE, Cochrane Library, CNKI, VIP, CBM and Wanfang Database up to February 2021 for published randomized controlled trials (RCT) relevant to …
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Background: Acupuncture has shown beneficial effects for seasonal allergic rhinitis; however, it is time and cost intensive. We investigated feasibility and effects of self-administered body acupressure as a self-care technique that stimulates acupuncture points with manual pressure in seasonal allergic rhinitis patients. Methods: We conducted a two-armed randomized controlled exploratory trial to …
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Objective: To evaluate the effects of transcutaneous electrical acupoint stimulation on the pregnancy outcome and sperm parameters in patients with idiopathic oligoasthenospermia. Methods: We searched PubMed, EMBASE, Cochrane Library, CNKI, VIP and Wanfang from inception till January 2020 for randomized controlled trials with the keywords male infertility, oligozoospermia, asthenozoospermia, acupuncture, transcutaneous electrical …
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Background: Depressive symptoms often accompany people with Internet addiction syndrome. Acupuncture has been found to have significant advantages in improving the severity and depressive symptoms of Internet addiction syndrome. Contingent negative variation (CNV) is a common method to explore the mechanism of neurophysiology. Objective: The purpose of this study was to observe …
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Objective: Physical therapy combined with acupuncture is the current research hotspot in the treatment of poststroke cognitive impairment, but which combination treatment is the best is still controversial. Based on the network meta-analysis method, we evaluated the efficacy of various physical therapies combined with acupuncture for the treatment of poststroke cognitive …
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Objective: To explore the effect of electro-acupuncture on glucose and lipid metabolism in unmarried patients with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS). Methods: Fifty-four PCOS patients were equally randomized into true acupuncture group and sham acupuncture group (control) for totally 16 weeks of treatment by random method with a computerized randomization program. Patients in …
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Purpose: Mild cognitive impairment is a general neurodegenerative disease. Moxibustion has been shown to have remarkable effect on cognitive improvement, however, less is known about the effect of moxibustion on mild cognitive impairment and its underlying neural mechanism. This study aimed to investigate the ameliorative brain network in mild cognitive impairment …
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Background: Health care workers face occupational stressors that may lead to burnout and secondary traumatic stress. Strategies to mitigate the negative psychological impact on frontline workers are urgently needed. Objective: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of auricular acupuncture or acupressure, as compared with ear massage, on anxiety, …
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