Analysis of acupuncture literatures published in Science Citation Index (SCI) periodicals in 2010.
- Author:
Yan XIANG
1
;
Rui LI
Author Information
1. College of Acupuncture-Moxibustion and Massage, Beijing University of CM, Beijing 100029, China. xy7262@sina.com
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- MeSH:
Acupuncture Therapy;
Bibliometrics;
Humans;
PubMed;
Publications
- From:
Chinese Acupuncture & Moxibustion
2012;32(8):742-746
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Acupuncture-related literatures published in foreign medical journal in Science Citation Index (SCI) periodicals in 2010 were retrieved, summarized and analyzed. The result shows that the recognition of acupuncture clinic abroad was still in the initial period. Most of the researches were still remained in the section of clinical efficacy verification. There was comparatively less studies on its working mechanism. Traditional treatments according to differentiation of syndromes were still deficient in clinical researches. There were big differences on research results, however, most of the result equated therapeutic effect of acupuncture with placeboes. And it was lack of unified and standard estimation system on the effect of acupuncture.
