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| Title |
An Updated Review of the Efficacy of Cupping Therapy
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|---|---|
| Published in |
PLOS ONE, February 2012
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| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0031793 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Huijuan Cao, Xun Li, Jianping Liu |
| Abstract |
Since 1950, traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) cupping therapy has been applied as a formal modality in hospitals throughout China and elsewhere in the world. Based on a previous systematic literature review of clinical studies on cupping therapy, this study presents a thorough review of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) to evaluate the therapeutic effect of cupping therapy. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 112 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 17 | 15% |
| Spain | 13 | 12% |
| United Kingdom | 9 | 8% |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 4% |
| France | 3 | 3% |
| Mexico | 2 | 2% |
| Japan | 2 | 2% |
| Canada | 2 | 2% |
| Central African Republic | 1 | <1% |
| Other | 8 | 7% |
| Unknown | 51 | 46% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 97 | 87% |
| Scientists | 7 | 6% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 7 | 6% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | <1% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 417 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 1 | <1% |
| Malaysia | 1 | <1% |
| Croatia | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 414 | 99% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 97 | 23% |
| Student > Master | 58 | 14% |
| Researcher | 28 | 7% |
| Other | 24 | 6% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 24 | 6% |
| Other | 76 | 18% |
| Unknown | 110 | 26% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 150 | 36% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 66 | 16% |
| Sports and Recreations | 20 | 5% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 10 | 2% |
| Engineering | 9 | 2% |
| Other | 51 | 12% |
| Unknown | 111 | 27% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 594. 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 12 April 2024.
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#39,700
of 25,848,962 outputs
Outputs from PLOS ONE
#652
of 225,398 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#125
of 168,958 outputs
Outputs of similar age from PLOS ONE
#6
of 3,532 outputs
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