Review Article
The Status of the Quality Control in Acupuncture-Neuroimaging Studies
Table 1
The diseases involved in acupuncture-neuroimaging studies.
| | Category | Disease | Number of studies |
| | Neurology | Stroke | 12 studies | | Alzheimer’s disease | 2 studies | | Bell’s palsy | 2 studies | | Mild cognitive impairment | 2 studies | | Parkinson’s disease | 2 studies | | Vascular aphasia | 1 study | | Carpal tunnel syndrome | 5 studies | | Migraine | 2 studies |
| | Pain | Chronic low back pain | 1 study | | Fibromyalgia | 1 study | | Chronic knee osteoarthritis pain | 1 study | | Musculoskeletal disease | 1 study |
| | Psychonosology | Depression | 2 studies | | Heavy smoker | 1 study | | Heroin addicts | 1 study |
| | Gastroenterology | Functional diarrhea | 1 study | | Irritable bowel syndrome—diarrhea | 2 studies | | Functional dyspepsia | 1 study |
| | Pediatrics | Childhood autism | 1 study | | Children with visual disorder | 1 study | | Children with a severe type of cerebral palsy | 1 study |
| | Rheumatology | Rheumatoid arthritis | 1 study |
| | Dermatology | Atopic dermatitis | 1 study |
| | Myopia | Myopia | 1 study |
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