Exploration on the spectrum of disease of Experienced Ten Acupoints based on bibliometrics
10.3760/cma.j.cn115398-20211011-00077
- VernacularTitle:老十针临床应用文献计量学研究
- Author:
Ning GAO
1
;
Yufeng GUO
;
Yue MENG
;
Xinqiao CHU
;
Peichu ZHANG
Author Information
1. 中国中医科学院广安门医院针灸科，北京 100053
- Keywords:
Acupuncture therapy;
Experienced ten acupoints;
Spectrum of diseases;
Bibliometrics
- From:
International Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine
2022;44(4):438-442
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective:We aimed to analyze the spectrum of diseases of Experienced Ten Acupoints in clinical studies, in order to provide reference for further clinical trials.Methods:The Chinese academic journals full-text database (CNKI),Chinese science and technology journals full-text database (VIP),Wanfang database and Chinese biomedical database (SinoMed), PubMed, Cochrane Library and Web of Science Database were searched from the incecption to October, 2021. The quantitative analyses were conducted on the characteristics of the clinical studies, including years of publication, journals, affiliations of authors, interventions, diseases, types of studies, evaluation of efficacy, rate of citations.Results:A total of 81 articles were included in 44 journals. The majority types of studies were RCTs, the main intervention was acupuncture as well as acupuncture combined with Traditional Chinese Medicine or medicine. For types of diseases, digestive system diseases account for the major part (66.67%), followed by nervous system diseases (17.28%).Conclusions:The studies associated with Experienced Ten Acupoints were relatively few, the corresponding spectrum of diseases was in limit range, and experimental studies lacks. This study suggested that the clinicians should pay attention to the classical acupoints prescriptions, and the research progress of clinical trials should be more standardized.
