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Effects of moxibustion for constipation treatment: a systematic review of randomized controlled trials

Overview of attention for article published in Chinese Medicine, August 2010
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  • In the top 25% of all research outputs scored by Altmetric
  • Among the highest-scoring outputs from this source (#45 of 660)
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age (89th percentile)
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age and source (83rd percentile)

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Title
Effects of moxibustion for constipation treatment: a systematic review of randomized controlled trials
Published in
Chinese Medicine, August 2010
DOI 10.1186/1749-8546-5-28
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Authors

MyeongSoo Lee, Tae-Young Choi, Ji-Eun Park, Edzard Ernst

Abstract

Several studies reported that moxibustion was effective in treating constipation. This systematic review assesses the clinical evidence for or against moxibustion for treating constipation. Twelve databases were searched from their inception to March 2010. Only randomized clinical trials (RCTs) were included if they compared moxibustion with placebo, sham treatment, drug therapy or no treatment. The methodological quality of these RCTs was assessed with the Cochrane risk of bias analysis. All three RCTs included in the study had a high risk of bias. Two included studies found favorable effects of moxibustion. The third RCT showed significant effects in the moxibustion group. Given that the methodological quality of all RCTs was poor, the results from the present review are insufficient to suggest that moxibustion is an effective treatment for constipation. More rigorous studies are warranted.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Chile 1 3%
Australia 1 3%
Unknown 28 93%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 6 20%
Student > Bachelor 5 17%
Professor 3 10%
Student > Master 3 10%
Student > Postgraduate 2 7%
Other 6 20%
Unknown 5 17%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 16 53%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 4 13%
Nursing and Health Professions 2 7%
Social Sciences 1 3%
Veterinary Science and Veterinary Medicine 1 3%
Other 0 0%
Unknown 6 20%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 13. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 29 September 2022.
All research outputs
#2,781,592
of 25,374,647 outputs
Outputs from Chinese Medicine
#45
of 660 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#10,458
of 104,118 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Chinese Medicine
#1
of 6 outputs
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