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The Efficacy of Acupuncture on Foot and Ankle for Pain Intensity, Functional Status, and General Quality of Life in Adults: A Systematic Review
2021 Dec 01 Medical Acupuncture Trinh K, Belski N, Zhou F, Kuhad A, Luk D, Youn E
Systematic Review Ankle Pain Foot PainAcupuncture displays potential as a safe and effective treatment for foot and ankle pain, providing pain relief and functional improvement.

Comparison of electroacupuncture and manual acupuncture for patients with plantar heel pain syndrome: a randomized controlled trial
2020 Aug 18 Acupuncture in Medicine Wang W, Liu Y, Jiao R, Liu S, Zhao J, Liu Z
Randomised Controlled Trial Ankle Pain Heel Pain Electroacupuncture AcupunctureElectroacupuncture and manual acupuncture show similar effectiveness in relieving plantar heel pain syndrome with no significant difference between the two modalities.

Acupuncture for treating acute ankle sprains in adults
2014 Jun 23 Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews Kim, T. H., Lee, M. S., Kim, K. H., et al.
The currently available evidence does not provide reliable support for the effectiveness or safety of acupuncture treatments for acute ankle sprains.
Systematic Review Meta-Analysis Ankle PainResearch insights are moderated by the Research Hub team and offer an at-a-glance overview of interesting research findings.

2021 Medical Acupuncture
Acupuncture displays potential as a safe and effective treatment for foot and ankle pain, providing pain relief and functional improvement.
Systematic Review Foot Pain
The Efficacy of Acupuncture on Foot and Ankle for Pain Intensity, Functional Status, and General Quality of Life in Adults: A Systematic Review
Trinh K, Belski N, Zhou F, Kuhad A, Luk D, Youn E

2020 Acupuncture in Medicine
Electroacupuncture and manual acupuncture show similar effectiveness in relieving plantar heel pain syndrome with no significant difference between the two modalities.
Randomised Controlled Trial Acupuncture Electroacupuncture Heel Pain
Comparison of electroacupuncture and manual acupuncture for patients with plantar heel pain syndrome: a randomized controlled trial
Wang W, Liu Y, Jiao R, Liu S, Zhao J, Liu Z
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The Efficacy of Acupuncture on Foot and Ankle for Pain Intensity, Functional Status, and General Quality of Life in Adults: A Systematic Review
2021 Dec 01 Medical Acupuncture Trinh K, Belski N, Zhou F, Kuhad A, Luk D, Youn E
Systematic Review Ankle Pain Foot PainAcupuncture displays potential as a safe and effective treatment for foot and ankle pain, providing pain relief and functional improvement.

Acupuncture for treating acute ankle sprains in adults
2014 Jun 23 Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews Kim, T. H., Lee, M. S., Kim, K. H., et al.
The currently available evidence does not provide reliable support for the effectiveness or safety of acupuncture treatments for acute ankle sprains.
Systematic Review Meta-Analysis Ankle PainClinical Trials
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Systematic Review
Acupuncture displays potential as a safe and effective treatment for foot and ankle pain, providing pain relief and functional improvement.
Trinh K, Belski N, Zhou F, Kuhad A, Luk D, Youn E

Randomised Controlled Trial
Electroacupuncture and manual acupuncture show similar effectiveness in relieving plantar heel pain syndrome with no significant difference between the two modalities.
Wang W, Liu Y, Jiao R, Liu S, Zhao J, Liu Z
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A Systematic Review published in 2021 in the journal Medical Acupuncture found that Acupuncture displays potential as a safe and effective treatment for foot and ankle pain, providing pain relief and functional improvement. The researchers gathered Randomized Controlled Trials (RCTs) from 6 major English databases, and relevant systematic reviews manually via Google Scholar. The selected RCTs studied the comparison of acupuncture with various types of sham acupuncture and nonactive or waitlist controls in terms of pain intensity, functional status, and general quality of life. All procedures including study screening, data extraction, risk of bias assessment, and quality assessment were conducted independently. Instead of performing a quantitative synthesis, the team opted for a narrative synthesis as quantitative pooling wasn't fit for the collected data. Four RCTs involving a total of 211 participants were included. Due to distinct clinical heterogeneity involving all the outcomes, the team did not conduct a quantitative analysis. Using a quality grading system, all outcomes were rated as supported by low or very low-quality evidence. Despite this, the study still showed acupuncture is potentially effective for treating participants with plantar fasciitis or Achilles tendinopathy, in terms of pain relief and functional status improvement, over short- and intermediate-term follow-ups. Notably, no adverse events linked to acupuncture use were reported.
A Randomised Controlled Trial published in 2020 in the journal Acupuncture in Medicine found that Electroacupuncture and manual acupuncture show similar effectiveness in relieving plantar heel pain syndrome with no significant difference between the two modalities. In this research, participants were randomly divided into two groups to receive either electroacupuncture (EA) or manual acupuncture (MA) treatments. They underwent a course of 12 treatment sessions over a span of 4 weeks, followed by 24 weeks of follow-up. The study prioritized the assessment of treatment responders, who were identified as patients showcasing at least a 50% reduction from their initial worst pain intensity experienced during the initial steps in the morning after 4 weeks of treatment. The study encompassed 92 patients diagnosed with PHPS, enlisted between July 2018 and June 2019. A total of 78 patients (85% of the original group) successfully completed both the treatment and follow-up. The results highlight that after the 4-week treatment period, both the EA and MA groups experienced a decrease in heel pain and showed improved plantar function with no serious treatment-related adverse events. Interestingly, no significant differences were observed between the two groups in terms of pain intensity relief or in any secondary outcomes after 4 weeks of treatment and at follow-up points at 16 and 28 weeks.
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