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The evidence for Shiatsu: a systematic review of Shiatsu and acupressure

Overview of attention for article published in BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies, October 2011
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  • In the top 5% of all research outputs scored by Altmetric
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age (98th percentile)
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age and source (95th percentile)

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4 blogs
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17 X users
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10 Facebook pages
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10 Wikipedia pages
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Title
The evidence for Shiatsu: a systematic review of Shiatsu and acupressure
Published in
BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies, October 2011
DOI 10.1186/1472-6882-11-88
Pubmed ID
Authors

Nicola Robinson, Ava Lorenc, Xing Liao

Abstract

Shiatsu, similar to acupressure, uses finger pressure, manipulations and stretches, along Traditional Chinese Medicine meridians. Shiatsu is popular in Europe, but lacks reviews on its evidence-base.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United Kingdom 2 <1%
Switzerland 1 <1%
India 1 <1%
Brazil 1 <1%
Canada 1 <1%
Spain 1 <1%
Unknown 281 98%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 43 15%
Student > Bachelor 42 15%
Student > Ph. D. Student 27 9%
Researcher 24 8%
Student > Postgraduate 24 8%
Other 62 22%
Unknown 66 23%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 80 28%
Nursing and Health Professions 57 20%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 14 5%
Psychology 12 4%
Social Sciences 8 3%
Other 36 13%
Unknown 81 28%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 69. 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 27 June 2023.
All research outputs
#567,850
of 23,989,841 outputs
Outputs from BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies
#77
of 3,766 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#2,159
of 138,536 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies
#3
of 43 outputs
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