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July 16, 2025Frontiers in MedicineOpen Access

Effectiveness and safety of acupuncture and related therapies for pediatric asthma: a systematic review and meta-analysis

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JWJixuan WangSFShijia FanKSKerui Su

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Overview

Systematic review reveals acupuncture improves certain biomarkers and FEV1 in pediatric asthma, suggesting potential benefits as adjunct therapy.

Key Points

  • Acupuncture shows significant improvement in forced expiratory volume (FEV1) for pediatric asthma patients.
  • It also significantly reduces serum immunoglobulin E (IgE) and interleukin-4 (IL-4) levels.
  • A total of 16 randomized controlled trials with 1,675 participants were analyzed for this review.
  • Despite some positive findings, the overall quality of evidence has been downgraded due to risks of bias and inconsistency.

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Wang et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/689a02c3e6551bb0af8ccb3dhttps://doi.org/10.3389/fmed.2025.1626830
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