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| Title |
Point specificity in acupuncture
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Chinese Medicine, February 2012
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| DOI | 10.1186/1749-8546-7-4 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Emma M Choi, Fang Jiang, John C Longhurst |
| Abstract |
The existence of point specificity in acupuncture is controversial, because many acupuncture studies using this principle to select control points have found that sham acupoints have similar effects to those of verum acupoints. Furthermore, the results of pain-related studies based on visual analogue scales have not supported the concept of point specificity. In contrast, hemodynamic, functional magnetic resonance imaging and neurophysiological studies evaluating the responses to stimulation of multiple points on the body surface have shown that point-specific actions are present. This review article focuses on clinical and laboratory studies supporting the existence of point specificity in acupuncture and also addresses studies that do not support this concept. Further research is needed to elucidate the point-specific actions of acupuncture. |
X Demographics
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 67% |
| Italy | 1 | 33% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 3 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 100 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 2% |
| Portugal | 1 | 1% |
| Norway | 1 | 1% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 1% |
| Brazil | 1 | 1% |
| Spain | 1 | 1% |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 92 | 92% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 21 | 21% |
| Student > Bachelor | 18 | 18% |
| Researcher | 14 | 14% |
| Other | 8 | 8% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 6 | 6% |
| Other | 19 | 19% |
| Unknown | 14 | 14% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 46 | 46% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 12 | 12% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 5 | 5% |
| Neuroscience | 3 | 3% |
| Computer Science | 2 | 2% |
| Other | 13 | 13% |
| Unknown | 19 | 19% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 4. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 15 October 2014.
All research outputs
#7,778,071
of 25,373,627 outputs
Outputs from Chinese Medicine
#148
of 660 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#49,800
of 168,037 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Chinese Medicine
#2
of 10 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 25,373,627 research outputs across all sources so far. This one has received more attention than most of these and is in the 69th percentile.
So far Altmetric has tracked 660 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a little more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 7.0. This one has done well, scoring higher than 77% of its peers.
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