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Most-Cited Articles as of February 1, 2012

Rankings based on citations to online articles from HighWire-hosted articles.

  1. Education, practice and debate: Defining an adequate dose of acupuncture using a neurophysiological approach – a narrative review of the literature
    • Adrian White,
    • Mike Cummings,
    • Panos Barlas,
    • Francesco Cardini,
    • Jacqueline Filshie,
    • Nadine E Foster,
    • Thomas Lundeberg,
    • Elisabet Stener-Victorin,
    • Claudia Witt
    Acupunct Med 2008;26:111-120 doi:10.1136/aim.26.2.111
  2. Paper: A cumulative review of the range and incidence of significant adverse events associated with acupuncture
    • Adrian White
    Acupunct Med 2004;22:122-133 doi:10.1136/aim.22.3.122
  3. Paper: Validating a new non-penetrating sham acupuncture device: two randomised controlled trials
    • Jongbae Park,
    • Adrian White,
    • Clare Stevinson,
    • Edzard Ernst,
    • Martin James
    Acupunct Med 2002;20:168-174 doi:10.1136/aim.20.4.168
  4. Education … practice - 1506 - 1507: Revised STandards for Reporting Interventions in Clinical Trials of Acupuncture (STRICTA): extending the CONSORT statement
    • Hugh MacPherson,
    • Douglas G Altman,
    • Richard Hammerschlag,
    • Youping Li,
    • Taixiang Wu,
    • Adrian White,
    • David Moher
    • , on behalf of the STRICTA Revision Group
    Acupunct Med 2010;28:83-93 Published Online First: 3 June 2010 doi:10.1136/aim.2009.001370
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  5. Contents: Development of a new sham needle
    • Jongbae Park,
    • Adrian White,
    • Hyejung Lee,
    • Edzard Ernst
    Acupunct Med 1999;17:110-112 doi:10.1136/aim.17.2.110
  6. Paper: Standards for reporting interventions in controlled trials of acupuncture: the STRICTA recommendations
    • Hugh MacPherson,
    • Adrian White,
    • Mike Cummings,
    • Kim Jobst,
    • Ken Rose,
    • Richard Niemtzow,
    • for the STRICTA Group. Members of the STRICTA group are listed at the end of this paper
    Acupunct Med 2002;20:22-25 doi:10.1136/aim.20.1.22
  7. Education: Western medical acupuncture: a definition Acupunct Med 2009;27:33-35 doi:10.1136/aim.2008.000372
  8. Paper: Effects of minimal acupuncture in children with infantile colic – a prospective, quasi-randomised single blind controlled trial
    • Marianne Reinthal,
    • Sven Andersson,
    • Marianne Gustafsson,
    • Kaety Plos,
    • Iréne Lund,
    • Thomas Lundeberg,
    • Karl Gustaf Rosén
    Acupunct Med 2008;26:171-182 doi:10.1136/aim.26.3.171
  9. Paper: A placebo acupuncture needle with potential for double blinding – a validation study
    • Nobuari Takakura,
    • Hiroyoshi Yajima
    Acupunct Med 2008;26:224-230 doi:10.1136/aim.26.4.224
  10. Education, practice and debate: Guidelines for providing acupuncture treatment for cancer patients – a peer-reviewed sample policy document
    • Jacqueline Filshie,
    • Joan Hester
    Acupunct Med 2006;24:172-182 doi:10.1136/aim.24.4.172
  11. Paper: Survey of Adverse Events Following Acupuncture (SAFA): a prospective study of 32,000 consultations
    • Adrian White,
    • Simon Hayhoe,
    • Anna Hart,
    • Edzard Ernst,
    • Volunteers from BMAS and AACP
    Acupunct Med 2001;19:84-92 doi:10.1136/aim.19.2.84
  12. Paper: The effects of electroacupuncture on peripheral nerve regeneration in rats
    • Motohiro Inoue,
    • Tatsuya Hojo,
    • Tadashi Yano,
    • Yasukazu Katsumi
    Acupunct Med 2003;21:9-17 doi:10.1136/aim.21.1-2.9
  13. Original papers: Double blinding with a new placebo needle: a further validation study
    • Nobuari Takakura,
    • Miho Takayama,
    • Akiko Kawase,
    • Ted J Kaptchuk,
    • Hiroyoshi Yajima
    Acupunct Med 2010;28:144-148 Published Online First: 7 June 2010 doi:10.1136/aim.2009.001230
  14. Original paper: An experimental study on the self-report of acupuncture needle sensation during deep needling with bi-directional rotation
    • Alex Benham,
    • Gillian Phillips,
    • Mark I Johnson
    Acupunct Med 2010;28:16-20 doi:10.1136/aim.2009.001651
  15. Audit and case series: Acupuncture treatment for chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy – a case series
    • Raimond Wong,
    • Stephen Sagar
    Acupunct Med 2006;24:87-91 doi:10.1136/aim.24.2.87
  16. Original papers: Acupuncture reduces crying in infants with infantile colic: a randomised, controlled, blind clinical study
    • Kajsa Landgren,
    • Nina Kvorning,
    • Inger Hallström
    Acupunct Med 2010;28:174-179 Published Online First: 18 October 2010 doi:10.1136/aim.2010.002394
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  17. Original papers: Group acupuncture to relieve radiation induced xerostomia: a feasibility study
    • Richard Simcock,
    • Lesley Fallowfield,
    • Valerie Jenkins
    Acupunct Med 2009;27:109-113 doi:10.1136/aim.2009.000935
  18. Education, practice and debate: Are minimal, superficial or sham acupuncture procedures acceptable as inert placebo controls?
    • Iréne Lund,
    • Thomas Lundeberg
    Acupunct Med 2006;24:13-15 doi:10.1136/aim.24.1.13
  19. Paper: Acupuncture for anxiety and anxiety disorders – a systematic literature review
    • Karen Pilkington,
    • Graham Kirkwood,
    • Hagen Rampes,
    • Mike Cummings,
    • Janet Richardson
    Acupunct Med 2007;25:1-10 doi:10.1136/aim.25.1-2.1
  20. Paper: Acupuncture mechanisms for clinically relevant long-term effects – reconsideration and a hypothesis
    • Christer Carlsson
    Acupunct Med 2002;20:82-99 doi:10.1136/aim.20.2-3.82
  21. Contents: Acupuncture for malignant pain
    • Jacqueline Filshie
    Acupunct Med 1990;8:38-39 doi:10.1136/aim.8.2.38
  22. Original paper: Validation of a simplified sham acupuncture technique for its use in clinical research: a randomised, single blind, crossover study
    • Marcelo Kreiner,
    • Ana Zaffaroni,
    • Ramón Alvarez,
    • Glenn Clark
    Acupunct Med 2010;28:33-36 doi:10.1136/aim.2009.001735
  23. Education and practice: Neuroanatomical basis of acupuncture treatment for some common illnesses
    • Kwokming James Cheng
    Acupunct Med 2009;27:61-64 doi:10.1136/aim.2009.000455
  24. Original papers: Acupuncture for dyspepsia in pregnancy: a prospective, randomised, controlled study
    • João Bosco Guerreiro da Silva,
    • Mary Uchiyama Nakamura,
    • José Antonio Cordeiro,
    • Luiz Kulay, Jr,
    • Rassen Saidah
    Acupunct Med 2009;27:50-53 doi:10.1136/aim.2009.000497
  25. Case report: An acupuncture complication
    • Francis Apaloo
    Acupunct Med 1996;14:41 doi:10.1136/aim.14.1.41
  26. Paper: Investigating the safety of electroacupuncture with a Picoscope™
    • John W Thompson,
    • Mike Cummings
    Acupunct Med 2008;26:133-139 doi:10.1136/aim.26.3.133
  27. Paper: A blinded randomised trial of acupuncture (manual and electroacupuncture) compared with a non-penetrating sham for the symptoms of osteoarthritis of the knee
    • Ronald W Jubb,
    • Emad S Tukmachi,
    • Peter W Jones,
    • Emma Dempsey,
    • Lynn Waterhouse,
    • Sue Brailsford
    Acupunct Med 2008;26:69-78 doi:10.1136/aim.26.2.69
  28. Research reviews: Research shorts: new sham acupuncture needle Acupunct Med 2008;26:57 doi:10.1136/aim.26.1.57
  29. Paper: Manual acupuncture as an adjunctive treatment of nausea in patients with cancer in palliative care – a prospective, observational pilot study
    • Elisabeth Nystrom,
    • Gunilla Ridderstrom,
    • Ann-Sofie Leffler
    Acupunct Med 2008;26:27-32 doi:10.1136/aim.26.1.27
  30. Paper: Acupuncture for irritable bowel syndrome – an exploratory randomised controlled trial
    • Julie A Reynolds,
    • J Martin Bland,
    • Hugh MacPherson
    Acupunct Med 2008;26:8-16 doi:10.1136/aim.26.1.8
  31. Paper: De qi: Chinese acupuncture patients’ experiences and beliefs regarding acupuncture needling sensation – an exploratory survey
    • Jun J Mao,
    • John T Farrar,
    • Katrina Armstrong,
    • Alethea Donahue,
    • Jessica Ngo,
    • Marjorie A Bowman
    Acupunct Med 2007;25:158-165 doi:10.1136/aim.25.4.158
  32. Paper: Intramuscular and periosteal acupuncture for anxiety and sleep quality in patients with chronic musculoskeletal pain – an evaluator blind, controlled study
    • Ylva Hansson,
    • Christer Carlsson,
    • Elisabeth Olsson
    Acupunct Med 2007;25:148-157 doi:10.1136/aim.25.4.148
  33. Education, practice and debate: Acupuncture – self-appraisal and the reward system
    • Thomas Lundeberg,
    • Iréne Lund,
    • Jan Näslund
    Acupunct Med 2007;25:87-99 doi:10.1136/aim.25.3.87
  34. Education, practice and debate: Point specificity of acupuncture in the light of recent clinical and imaging studies
    • Anthony Campbell
    Acupunct Med 2006;24:118-122 doi:10.1136/aim.24.3.118
  35. Paper: Short term reactions to acupuncture – a cross-sectional survey of patient reports
    • Hugh MacPherson,
    • Kate Thomas
    Acupunct Med 2005;23:112-120 doi:10.1136/aim.23.3.112
  36. Paper: The effect of acupuncture on the symptoms of knee osteoarthritis - an open randomised controlled study
    • Emad Tukmachi,
    • Ronald Jubb,
    • Emma Dempsey,
    • Peter Jones
    Acupunct Med 2004;22:14 doi:10.1136/aim.22.1.14
  37. Education, practice and debate: The Emperors sham – wrong assumption that sham needling is sham
    • Thomas Lundeberg,
    • Iréne Lund,
    • Jan Näslund,
    • Moolamanil Thomas
    Acupunct Med 2008;26:239-242 doi:10.1136/aim.26.4.239
  38. Contents: Diffuse Noxious Inhibitory Controls (DNIC) in animals and in man
    • Daniel Le Bars,
    • Luis Villanueva,
    • J C Willer,
    • Didier Bouhassira
    Acupunct Med 1991;9:47-56 doi:10.1136/aim.9.2.47
  39. Original papers: Randomised, controlled study of preoperative eletroacupuncture for postoperative pain control after cardiac surgery
    • Luiz Eduardo Faria Coura,
    • Cláudia Hideco Uratsuka Manoel,
    • Robinson Poffo,
    • Antonio Bedin,
    • Glauco Adrieno Westphal
    Acupunct Med 2011;29:16-20 doi:10.1136/aim.2010.003251
  40. Original papers: Implementation of acupuncture and acupressure under surgical procedures in children: a pilot study
    • Arne Johan Norheim,
    • Ingrid Liodden,
    • Michael Howley
    Acupunct Med 2010;28:71-73 Published Online First: 10 May 2010 doi:10.1136/aim.2009.002220
  41. Original papers: Developing and validating a sham acupuncture needle
    • Elizabeth A Tough,
    • Adrian R White,
    • Suzanne H Richards,
    • Brian Lord,
    • John L Campbell
    Acupunct Med 2009;27:118-122 doi:10.1136/aim.2009.000737
  42. Debate: NICE guideline on osteoarthritis: is it fair to acupuncture? No
    • Adrian White
    Acupunct Med 2009;27:70-72 doi:10.1136/aim.2009.000810
  43. Education and practice: Could acupuncture needle sensation be a predictor of analgesic response?
    • Alex Benham,
    • Mark I Johnson
    Acupunct Med 2009;27:65-67 doi:10.1136/aim.2008.000174
  44. Mechanisms: Mechanisms of action of acupuncture for chronic pain relief – polymodal receptors are the key candidates
    • Kenji Kawakita,
    • Kaoru Okada
    Acupunct Med 2006;24:58-66 doi:10.1136/aim.24.Suppl.58
  45. Education, practice and debate: Is there a role for acupuncture in endometriosis pain, or ‘endometrialgia’?
    • Thomas Lundeberg,
    • Iréne Lund
    Acupunct Med 2008;26:94-110 doi:10.1136/aim.26.2.94
  46. Paper: Pupillary response induced by acupuncture stimulation – an experimental study
    • Hidetoshi Mori,
    • Shoichi Ueda,
    • Hiroshi Kuge,
    • Eiichi Taniwaki,
    • Tim Hideaki Tanaka,
    • Kiyoshi Adachi,
    • Kazushi Nishijo
    Acupunct Med 2008;26:79-85 doi:10.1136/aim.26.2.79
  47. Audit: High volume acupuncture clinic (HVAC) for chronic knee pain – audit of a possible model for delivery of acupuncture in the National Health Service
    • Saul Berkovitz,
    • Mike Cummings,
    • Chris Perrin,
    • Rieko Ito
    Acupunct Med 2008;26:46-50 doi:10.1136/aim.26.1.46
  48. Paper: Use of acupuncture in female infertility and a summary of recent acupuncture studies related to embryo transfer
    • Elisabet Stener-Victorin,
    • Peter Humaidan
    Acupunct Med 2006;24:157-163 doi:10.1136/aim.24.4.157
  49. Paper: Needle electromyographic activity of myofascial trigger points and control sites in equine cleido-brachialis muscle – an observational study
    • Joanne Macgregor,
    • Dietrich Graf von Schweinitz
    Acupunct Med 2006;24:61-70 doi:10.1136/aim.24.2.61
  50. Paper: The effectiveness of acupuncture for depression – a systematic review of randomised controlled trials
    • Yoshito Mukaino,
    • Jongbae Park,
    • Adrian White,
    • Edzard Ernst
    Acupunct Med 2005;23:70-76 doi:10.1136/aim.23.2.70

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