英文摘要 |
Background: Scalp acupuncture has been developed since the 1970s and has formed different academic schools. The early method of scalp acupuncture is still developing, and new methods were born even though the International Standard Scalp Acupuncture system has become the proposed method since 1984. We systematically classified the development history of the current methods of scalp acupuncture and the major theories of each academic school at first. However, it is still uncertain in the difference of clinical indications and developing trends between different methods of scalp acupuncture. Purpose: This study aimed to conduct a literature review and bibliometric analysis to analyze the clinical research of scalp acupuncture in the past 10 years. Methods: Searches were conducted in databases including CEPS, CNKI, Wanfang Data, PubMed, Cochrane Library, and Embase. Each study was analyzed and finally summated the published years, style of scalp acupuncture, the type of diseases, and the combined therapy. Result: International Standard Scalp Acupuncture system, Jiao Shun-Fa, Acupoint on the head, Jin Rui, Yu Zhi-Shun are the leading academic schools of scalp acupuncture in the past 10 years. The research topics of the different methods of scalp acupuncture are focused on neurologic and psychiatric diseases. The type of disease is ranked as stroke and its sequelae, cerebral palsy, dementia, insomnia, vertigo, autism, cervical spondylosis, and developmental retardation. It reveals little difference in each method of scalp acupuncture except Jin Rui's method with higher ratios in treatment of childhood encephalopathy and the body surface projection of intracranial lesions method focused on the treatment of stroke. The most common combined measures for scalp acupuncture are body acupuncture and electro-acupuncture therapy. Discussion and Conclusion: The study reveals the developing trends of the main academic schools and combined scalp acupuncture measures. The study may benefit an elected clinical indication and combined measures when using scalp acupuncture treatment. |