Cupping Therapy

A traditional practice, most notably in traditional medicine, which involves placing cups on the skin to create suction believed to help increase blood flow and promote healing associated with chronic neck and low back pain in the short term (From National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health, https://nccih.nih.gov/news/cupping (Accessed 11/5/2018)).

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Networked: 192 relevant articles (46 outcomes, 41 trials/studies)

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Therapy Context: Research Results

Experts

1.	Cao, Huijuan: 7 articles (01/2015 - 04/2010)
2.	Cramer, Holger: 6 articles (11/2016 - 08/2011)
3.	Langhorst, Jost: 6 articles (11/2016 - 06/2009)
4.	Lauche, Romy: 6 articles (11/2016 - 08/2011)
5.	Liu, Jianping: 6 articles (01/2013 - 04/2010)
6.	Hu, Hui: 4 articles (11/2020 - 01/2011)
7.	Dobos, Gustav J: 4 articles (08/2013 - 06/2009)
8.	Musial, Frauke: 4 articles (01/2012 - 06/2009)
9.	Chianca, Tânia Couto Machado: 3 articles (04/2022 - 11/2018)
10.	Corrêa, Hérica Pinheiro: 3 articles (04/2022 - 11/2018)

Related Diseases

1.	Pain (Aches) 01/01/2023 - "In accordance with the GRADE system, no high-quality evidence was found that demonstrates the efficacy of cupping therapy for pain-related outcomes. " 12/23/2022 - "There was a significant reduction in the pain intensity score with present pain intensity using wet cupping therapy (P < .01). " 10/01/2022 - "A single cupping treatment significantly improved active DF and decreased pain was observed in the treatment group. " 11/14/2018 - "There was a significant reduction in the pain intensity score through the use of cupping therapy (p = 0.001). " 12/12/2022 - "The pricking-cupping therapy could improve trapezius muscle elasticity, relieve pain and improve cervical function in patients of CSR with qi stagnation and blood stasis, which is more effective than acupuncture-cupping therapy. "
2.	Migraine Disorders (Migraine) 12/01/2014 - "Global emergence of alternative medicine led us to examine the efficacy of cupping therapy plus serkangabin syrup in the treatment of migraine headaches. " 01/01/2021 - "Cupping therapy could be effective for the treatment of migraine. " 12/29/2017 - "Changing Efficacy of Wet Cupping Therapy in Migraine with Lunar Phase: A Self-Controlled Interventional Study." 04/01/2021 - "Some studies have reported clinical improvement following wet cupping therapy in migraine patients. " 01/01/2021 - "The randomized controlled trials (RCTs) of cupping therapy for migraine were searched and selected from inception to May 2019. "
3.	Herpes Zoster 11/01/2010 - "Wet cupping therapy for treatment of herpes zoster: a systematic review of randomized controlled trials." 10/12/2023 - "[Clinical efficacy of fire needling combined with cupping therapy on herpes zoster of acute stage and the effect on Th17/Treg cellular immune balance]." 09/25/2022 - "The pricking and cupping therapy combined with Chinese herbal wet compress effectively promotes the recovery of Th1/Th2 balance and reduces the concentration of serum SP in patients with herpes zoster at acute stage. " 08/06/2021 - "In addition, acupuncture and moxibustion combined with cupping therapy significantly reduced the occurrence of PHN compared with conventional western medicine treatment after treatment of acute herpes zoster (RR = 0.30, 95% CI: 0.20-0.45). " 10/01/2011 - "For herpes zoster, acupoints selection based on syndrome differentiation combined with pricking and cupping therapy is high pertinent and effective, the postherpetic neuralgia can be reduced significantly and the curative effect is superior to that of simple pricking and cupping."
4.	Neck Pain (Cervicalgia) 11/05/2018 - "Is cupping therapy effective in patients with neck pain? " 08/15/2011 - "A series of five dry cupping treatments appeared to be effective in relieving chronic non-specific neck pain. " 05/01/2016 - "The mean scores of neck pain in study group were 7.02 (SD = 1.8) before and 3.70 (SD = 2.2) after cupping therapy. " 08/01/2013 - "The data set comprised a total of 200 patients with chronic nonspecific neck pain participating in clinical trials on cupping therapy. " 01/01/2012 - "This was a randomized controlled pilot trial to evaluate the effectiveness of cupping therapy for neck pain in video display terminal (VDT) workers. "
5.	Fibromyalgia (Fibrositis) 10/24/2023 - "The aim of this study is to investigate the efficacy of wet cupping therapy (WCT) in patients diagnosed with fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS) as a complementary method in fibromyalgia treatment. " 11/17/2016 - "This study aimed to test the efficacy of cupping therapy to improve symptoms and quality of life in patients diagnosed with the fibromyalgia syndrome. " 11/17/2016 - "Efficacy of cupping therapy in patients with the fibromyalgia syndrome-a randomised placebo controlled trial." 10/01/2023 - "Efficacy of cupping therapy in individuals with fibromyalgia. " 11/01/2020 - "and purpose The aim of this study was to investigate the feasibility of applying a partially randomized patients' preference (PRPP) trial in the clinical evaluation of acupuncture versus cupping therapy for fibromyalgia. "

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