Evidence on acupuncture therapies is underused in clinical practice and health policy Page 1
the bmj | BMJ 2022;376:e067475 | doi: 10.1136/bmj-2021-067475 1 Acupuncture: How to …

Background The relative health and robustness of a field of research can be approximated
by assessing peer reviewed journal publication trends for articles pertinent to the field. To …

Objective To assess the efficacy of intensive acupuncture (3 times weekly for 8 weeks)
versus sham acupuncture for knee osteoarthritis (OA). Methods In this multicenter …

Background Identifying what therapies constitute complementary, alternative, and/or
integrative medicine (CAIM) is complex for a multitude of reasons. An operational definition …

Objective A bibliometric approach using quantitative analytical methods was applied to
explore the development of research investigating acupuncture for the treatment of pain …

Objectives: To summarize development processes and research hotspots of MRI research
on acupuncture and to provide new insights for researchers in future studies. Methods …

Introduction Clinical Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) is a psychophysiological
intervention that includes cognitive and somatic elements, utilizing techniques from both …

Background Trials of acupuncture in the West began before textbooks about acupuncture
were generally available. This placed trials at risk of possible faulty assumptions about the …

Background: Acupuncture may be useful to treat the various clusters of symptoms occurring
after a stroke. The use of evidence to underpin clinical practice and treatment guidelines …

Synthesizing the extensive and ever‐growing climate change literature is becoming
increasingly challenging using conventional review processes, yet is crucial to understand …