Acupuncture For Fibromyalgia Research Articles

Research Trends of Acupuncture Therapy on Fibromyalgia from 2000 to 2021: A Bibliometric Analysis.

Fibromyalgia Syndrome causes great physical and mental discomfort and incurs high costs. Acupuncture has been regarded as the mainstay of treatment for Fibromyalgia Syndrome while the bibliometric analysis of this field has not been summarized properly. Thus, the purpose of this study is to analyze the hotspot of acupuncture for Fibromyalgia Syndrome. The core collection database of Web of Science were searched for relevant publications from 2000 to 2021, and countries, institutions, authors, keywords, and literature were analyzed and visualized by bibliometric software CiteSpace V software and Vosviewer software, to explore the scientific achievements, research collaboration networks, research hot spots, and research trends. 868 publications were included in this study. The publications have increased steadily over time, and the type published the most is Article. Pain is the most cited journal. The most prolific country is the USA while the most prolific institution is Univ Michigan. The most prolific and influential authors were Yiwen Lin and Wolfe F respectively. The analysis of keywords and literature showed that long-term efficacy, animal studies, alternative medicine, and electroacupuncture will be the scientific hotspots in acupuncture for fibromyalgia. This study shows that the number of research studies, researchers, and research institutions on acupuncture for fibromyalgia is increasing from year to year. Future research hotspots will focus on the long-term efficacy of acupuncture in the treatment of fibromyalgia, experimental animal studies, and the development of other alternative medical therapies. In addition, electroacupuncture is receiving more and more attention as a new application of traditional acupuncture therapy.

Acupuncture for fibromyalgia in primary care: a randomised controlled trial.

To evaluate the efficacy of an individualised acupuncture protocol for patients with fibromyalgia. Randomised controlled multicentre trial, blinded to participants and to data analysts. Conducted in three primary care centres in southern Spain. A total of 164 participants aged over 17 years and diagnosed with fibromyalgia were enrolled in this trial; 153 participants completed the study. Participants were randomly assigned to either the real intervention (individualised acupuncture, IA) or the sham intervention (sham acupuncture, SA). In both the IA and SA groups, one session per week (lasting 20 min) was provided, in addition to usual pharmacological treatment. The primary outcome was change in pain intensity at 10 weeks. Intention-to-treat analysis revealed that the decrease in pain intensity at 10 weeks was greater (p=0.001) in the IA group (-41.0%, 95% CI -47.2% to -34.8%) than in the SA group (-27.1%, 95% CI -33.2% to -20.9%). During the follow-up period, significant differences (p<0.01) in favour of the IA group persisted at 12 months (IA: -19.9%, 95% CI -24.6% to -15.1%; vs SA: -6.2%, 95% CI -11.2% to -1.2%). Individualised acupuncture treatment in primary care in patients with fibromyalgia proved efficacious in terms of pain relief, compared with placebo treatment. The effect persisted at 1 year, and its side effects were mild and infrequent. Therefore, the use of individualised acupuncture in patients with fibromyalgia is recommended. ISRCTN60217348.