The effects of acupuncture therapy in migraine: An activation likelihood estimation meta-analysis

作者：Jing Zhao, Liu-xue Guo, Hongru Li, Xin-yun Gou, Xiaobo Liu, Yue Zhang, Dongling Zhong, Yuxi Li, Zhong Zheng, Juan Li, Yue Feng, Rongjiang Jin · 发表于：Frontiers in Neuroscience · 年份：2023 · DOI：10.3389/fnins.2022.1097450 · 被引用次数：10 · 研究领域：Acupuncture Treatment Research Studies、Migraine and Headache Studies、Biofield Effects and Biophysics

Background Previous functional magnetic resonance imaging studies indicated that acupuncture could activate the brain regions in patients with migraine. However, these studies showed inconsistent results. This activation likelihood estimation (ALE) meta-analysis aimed to investigate the consistent activated change of brain regions between pre- and post-acupuncture treatment in migraineurs. Methods We conducted a literature search in PubMed, Embase, Web of Science, the Cochrane Library, the China National Knowledge Infrastructure, the Chinese Science and Technology Periodical Database, the Wanfang Database, and the Chinese Biomedical Literature Database from their inception to 18 August, 2022, to obtain articles assessing the functional magnetic resonance imaging changes of acupuncture for migraine. Two investigators independently performed literature selection, data extraction, and quality assessment. The methodological quality was assessed with a modified version of the checklist. The reporting quality of interventions among included studies was evaluated by the Revised Standards for Reporting Interventions in Clinical Trials of Acupuncture (STRICTA). Our meta-analysis was conducted according to the GingerALE software. The Jackknife sensitivity analysis was used to assess the robustness of the results. Results 14 articles were finally included according to the eligible criteria. Regarding the immediate effect of acupuncture on migraine, the ALE meta-analysis demonstrated tha...