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Most-Cited Articles as of October 1, 2009 -- updated monthly.

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

  1. 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
  2. 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
  3. 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
  4. 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
  5. 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
  6. 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
  7. 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
  8. 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
  9. Education: Western medical acupuncture: a definition Acupunct Med 2009;27:33-35 doi:10.1136/aim.2008.000372
  10. Case report: An acupuncture complication
    • Francis Apaloo
    Acupunct Med 1996;14:41 doi:10.1136/aim.14.1.41
  11. 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
  12. 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
  13. 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
  14. Paper: Effects of lumbar acupuncture stimulation on blood flow to the sciatic nerve trunk - an exploratory study
    • Motohiro Inoue,
    • Tatsuya Hojo,
    • Tadashi Yano,
    • Yasukazu Katsumi
    Acupunct Med 2005;23:166-170 doi:10.1136/aim.23.4.166
  15. Paper: The effects of laser acupuncture on chronic tension headache – a randomised controlled trial
    • Narges Sadat Ebneshahidi,
    • Mojtaba Heshmatipour,
    • Alireza Moghaddami,
    • Payam Eghtesadi-Araghi
    Acupunct Med 2005;23:13-18 doi:10.1136/aim.23.1.13
  16. History: The integration of acupuncture within medicine in the UK – the British Medical Acupuncture Society’s 25th anniversary
    • Peter Baldry
    Acupunct Med 2005;23:2-12 doi:10.1136/aim.23.1.2
  17. Paper: Acupuncture for low back pain in pregnancy – a prospective, quasi- randomised, controlled study
    • João Bosco Guerreiro da Silva,
    • Mary Uchiyama Nakamura,
    • José Antonio Cordeiro,
    • Luiz Kulay, Jr
    Acupunct Med 2004;22:60-67 doi:10.1136/aim.22.2.60
  18. 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
  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: Effects of electroacupuncture on intraoperative and postoperative analgesic requirement
    • Chin-Keng Sim,
    • Pei-Chang Xu,
    • Hwee-Leng Pua,
    • Guojing Zhang,
    • Tat-Leang Lee
    Acupunct Med 2002;20:56-65 doi:10.1136/aim.20.2-3.56
  21. Contents: The physiology of stimulation-produced analgesia
    • David Bowsher
    Acupunct Med 1991;9:58-62 doi:10.1136/aim.9.2.58
  22. Research reviews: Acupuncture for knee pain: acupuncture added to physiotherapy for OA knee (n=352) Acupunct Med 2007;25:208 doi:10.1136/aim.25.4.208
  23. Contents: Acupuncture research: where are the problems?
    • Edzard Ernst
    Acupunct Med 1994;12:93-97 doi:10.1136/aim.12.2.93
  24. Contents: Spontaneous electrical activity at combined acupuncture and myofascial trigger point sites
    • Adam A Ward
    Acupunct Med 1996;14:75-79 doi:10.1136/aim.14.2.75
  25. Contents: Acupuncture for malignant pain
    • Jacqueline Filshie
    Acupunct Med 1990;8:38-39 doi:10.1136/aim.8.2.38
  26. Contents: A statistical comparison of repeatability in three commonly used bioelectronic devices: Kirlian photography, the segmental electrogram, and the AMI of Motoyama
    • Julian Jessel-Kenyon,
    • Lucia Pfeiffer,
    • Martin Brenton
    Acupunct Med 1998;16:40-42 doi:10.1136/aim.16.1.40
  27. Contents: A pilot study of acupuncture for tension headache, using a novel placebo
    • AR White,
    • C Eddleston,
    • R Hardie,
    • KL Resch,
    • E Ernst
    Acupunct Med 1996;14:11-15 doi:10.1136/aim.14.1.11
  28. 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
  29. Contents: Acupuncture in modern medicine
    • Paul Marcus
    Acupunct Med 1992;10:101-108 doi:10.1136/aim.10.Suppl.101
  30. Review: Acupuncture for chronic pain: a review
    • Jacqueline Filshie,
    • Paul Abbot
    Acupunct Med 1991;9:4-14 doi:10.1136/aim.9.1.4
  31. Miscellaneous: Teasing apart the quality and validity in systematic reviews of acupuncture
    • Mike Cummings
    Acupunct Med 2000;18:104-107 doi:10.1136/aim.18.2.104
  32. Contents: Headache treated with magnets on the peroneal zone of the legs
    • Timo Töysä
    Acupunct Med 1997;15:112-113 doi:10.1136/aim.15.2.112
  33. Contents: Survey of adverse events following acupuncture
    • Adrian White,
    • Simon Hayhoe,
    • Edzard Ernst
    Acupunct Med 1997;15:67-70 doi:10.1136/aim.15.2.67
  34. Case report: Polyarticular septic arthritis with bilateral psoas abscesses following acupuncture
    • Michihiro Ogasawara,
    • Keisuke Oda,
    • Ken Yamaji,
    • Yoshinari Takasaki
    Acupunct Med 2009;27:81-82 doi:10.1136/aim.2008.000141
  35. Debate: NICE guideline on osteoarthritis: is it fair to acupuncture? Yes
    • Nicholas Latimer
    Acupunct Med 2009;27:72-75 doi:10.1136/aim.2009.000802
  36. 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
  37. Education: Modellvorhaben Akupunktur – a summary of the ART, ARC and GERAC trials
    • Mike Cummings
    Acupunct Med 2009;27:26-30 doi:10.1136/aim.2008.000281
  38. Contents: Economic evaluation of acupuncture
    • Adrian White
    Acupunct Med 1996;14:109-113 doi:10.1136/aim.14.2.109
  39. Education, practice and debate: Setting up an acupuncture knee clinic under practice based commissioning
    • Jonathan Freedman,
    • Marion Richardson
    Acupunct Med 2008;26:183-187 doi:10.1136/aim.26.3.183
  40. 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
  41. Paper: The effect of electrical stimulation of the pudendal nerve on sciatic nerve blood flow in animals
    • Motohiro Inoue,
    • Tatsuya Hojo,
    • Miwa Nakajima,
    • Hiroshi Kitakoji,
    • Megumi Itoi,
    • Yasukazu Katsumi
    Acupunct Med 2008;26:145-148 doi:10.1136/aim.26.3.145
  42. Education, practice and debate: Are reviews based on sham acupuncture procedures in fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS) valid?
    • Thomas Lundeberg,
    • Iréne Lund
    Acupunct Med 2007;25:100-106 doi:10.1136/aim.25.3.100
  43. 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
  44. Education, practice and debate: Role of C tactile fibres in touch and emotion – clinical and research relevance to acupuncture
    • Anthony Campbell
    Acupunct Med 2006;24:169-171 doi:10.1136/aim.24.4.169
  45. Education, practice and debate: Aspects of pain, its assessment and evaluation from an acupuncture perspective
    • Iréne Lund,
    • Thomas Lundeberg
    Acupunct Med 2006;24:109-117 doi:10.1136/aim.24.3.109
  46. Paper: Relief of low back pain immediately after acupuncture treatment – a randomised, placebo controlled trial
    • Motohiro Inoue,
    • Hiroshi Kitakoji,
    • Naoto Ishizaki,
    • Munenori Tawa,
    • Tadashi Yano,
    • Yasukazu Katsumi,
    • Kenji Kawakita
    Acupunct Med 2006;24:103-108 doi:10.1136/aim.24.3.103
  47. 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
  48. Paper: Effects of trigger point acupuncture on chronic low back pain in elderly patients – a sham-controlled randomised trial
    • Kazunori Itoh,
    • Yasukazu Katsumi,
    • Satoko Hirota,
    • Hiroshi Kitakoji
    Acupunct Med 2006;24:5-12 doi:10.1136/aim.24.1.5
  49. Education: Biomechanics of back pain
    • Michael A Adams
    Acupunct Med 2004;22:178-188 doi:10.1136/aim.22.4.178
  50. Paper: Trigger point acupuncture treatment of chronic low back pain in elderly patients – a blinded RCT
    • Kazunori Itoh,
    • Yasukazu Katsumi,
    • Hiroshi Kitakoji
    Acupunct Med 2004;22:170-177 doi:10.1136/aim.22.4.170

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