| Acupuncture for Essential Hypertension: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Sham-Controlled Clinical Trials |
Li DZ, Zhou Y, Yang YN, Ma YT, Li XM, Yu J, Zhao Y, Zhai H, Lao L. |
Article/English/DOI: 10.1155/2014/279478 |
Evidence Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine/2014 |
Systematic review with meta-analysis of 4 randomized clinical trials (RCT) involving 386 hypertensive individuals. The conclusion was that AP significantly reduced BP when associated with anti-hypertensive medication. |
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| Acupuncture for essential hypertension |
Wang J, Xion X, Liu, W. |
Article/English ISSN: 0167-5273 |
International Journal of Cardiology/2013 |
Systematic review with meta-analysis including 35 RCTs addressing 2,539 patients. It reports that AP can decrease the systolic and diastolic BP of hypertensive patients. |
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| The Effect of Acupuncture on High Blood Pressure of Patients Using Antihypertensive Drugs |
Cevik C, Iseri SO. |
Article/English/ISSN: 0360-1293 |
Acupuncture Electro-therapeutics Research/2013 |
RCTs addressing 34 patients with hypertension undergoing pharmacological therapy, from 1 to 3 anti-hypertensive drugs from heterogeneous pharmacological groups, varying ACE inhibitors, diuretics, and beta blockers, for more than 24 months. The analyzed group presented positive results in the face of an AP intervention, with significant decrease in both systolic and diastolic BP. |
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| The effects of acupuncture on the levels of blood pressure and nitric oxide in hypertensive patients |
Severcan C, Cevik C, Acar HV, Sivri AB, Mit SS, Geçioglu E, Pasaoglu OT, Gündüztepe Y. |
Article/English/ISSN 03601293 |
Acupuncture Electro-therapeutics Research/2012 |
Quasi-experimental study developed by the Medical School of Gazi University, in Ankara/Turkey, with 32 hypertensive individuals aged between 32 and 65 years old, associating AP and conventional treatment during ten weeks. The analyzed group presented decreased systolic and diastolic blood pressure. |
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| Can acupuncture affect the circadian rhythm of blood pressure? A randomized, double-blind, controlled trial |
Kim HM, Cho SY, Park SU, Sohn IS, Jung WS, Moon SK, Park JM, Ko CN, Cho KH. |
Article/English/ISSN:1075-5535 |
Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine/2012 |
RCT developed in Korea with 32 hypertensive people aged from 18 to 70 years old. The best response from the application of AP was decreased diastolic BP, especially at night. The systolic BP decreased, as well, however, with less significance. |
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| Acupuncture for essential hypertension. |
Kim LW, Zhu J. |
Article/English/ISSN: 1075-5535 |
Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine/2010 |
RCT with 15 hypertensive individuals who received AP. The results revealed that AP improved the endothelial dysfunction of hypertensive patients, decreasing systolic and diastolic BP levels. |
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