A Data Mining Study for Analysis of Acupoint Selection and Combinations in Acupuncture Treatment of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

References

• Atroshi I. Prevalence of carpal tunnel syndrome in a general population. JAMA. 1999;282(2):153–158. doi:10.1001/jama.282.2.153
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Latinovic R. Incidence of common compressive neuropathies in primary care. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 2006;77(2):263–265. doi:10.1136/jnnp.2005.066696
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Luckhaupt SE, Dahlhamer JM, Ward BW, Sweeney MH, Sestito JP, Calvert GM. Prevalence and work-relatedness of carpal tunnel syndrome in the working population, United States, national health interview survey. Am J Ind Med. 2013;56(6):615–624. doi:10.1002/ajim.2204
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Patijn J, Vallejo R, Janssen M, et al. Carpal tunnel syndrome. Pain Pract. 2011;11(3):297–301. doi:10.1111/j.1533-2500.2011.00457.x
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Buntragulpoontawee M, Phutrit S, Tongprasert S, Wongpakaran T, Khunachiva J. Construct validity, test-retest reliability and internal consistency of the Thai version of the disabilities of the arm, shoulder and hand questionnaire (DASH-TH) in patients with carpal tunnel syndrome. BMC Res Notes. 2018;11(1):208. doi:10.1186/s13104-018-3318-5
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Zimmerman M, Eeg-Olofsson K, Dahlin L, Dahlin L, Dahlin L, Dahlin L. Open carpal tunnel release and diabetes: a retrospective study using PROMs and national quality registries. BMJ Open. 2019;9(9):e030179. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2019-030179
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Zhang Q, Yue J, Zeng X, Sun Z, Golianu B. Acupuncture for chronic neck pain: a protocol for an updated systematic review. Syst Rev. 2016;5(1):76. doi:10.1186/s13643-016-0257-x
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Wu Q, Yue J, Lin L, et al. Electroacupuncture may alleviate neuropathic pain via suppressing P2X7R expression. Mol Pain. 2021;17:1744806921997654. doi:10.1177/1744806921997654
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Zheng Y, Zhou Y, Wu Q, et al. Effect of electroacupuncture on the expression of P2 × 4, GABAA γ 2 and long-term potentiation in spinal cord of rats with neuropathic pain. Brain Res Bull. 2020;162:1–10. doi:10.1016/j.brainresbull.2020.04.020
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Mamipour H, Negahban H, Aval SB, Zaferanieh M, Moradi A, Kachooei AR. Effectiveness of physiotherapy plus acupuncture compared with physiotherapy alone on pain, disability and grip strength in people with carpal tunnel syndrome: a randomized clinical trial. J Bodyw Mov Ther. 2023;35:378–384. doi:10.1016/j.jbmt.2023.04.033
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Dong Q, Li X, Yuan P, et al. Acupuncture for carpal tunnel syndrome: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Front Neurosci. 2023;17:1097455. doi:10.3389/fnins.2023.1097455
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Sim H, Shin BC, Lee MS, Jung A, Lee H, Ernst E. Acupuncture for carpal tunnel syndrome: a systematic review of randomized controlled trials. J Pain. 2011;12(3):307–314. doi:10.1016/j.jpain.2010.08.006
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Choi GH, Wieland LS, Lee H, Sim H, Lee MS, Shin BC. Acupuncture and related interventions for the treatment of symptoms associated with carpal tunnel syndrome. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2018;12(12):Cd011215. doi:10.1002/14651858.CD011215.pub2
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Li A, Li XL, Zhang F, et al. A functional magnetic resonance imaging study of the neuronal specificity of an acupoint: acupuncture at Rangu (KI 2) and its sham point. Intern Med J. 2016;46(8):973–977. doi:10.1111/imj.13154
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Zhang Q, Li A, Yue J, Zhang F, Sun Z, Li X. Using functional magnetic resonance imaging to explore the possible mechanism of the action of acupuncture at Dazhong (KI 4) on the functional cerebral regions of healthy volunteers. Intern Med J. 2015;45(6):669–671. doi:10.1111/imj.12767
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Limanjaya I, Haris S, Nareswari I. Laser acupuncture as a treatment option for carpal tunnel syndrome management: a case series. J Acupunct Meridian Stud. 2022;15(3):189–193. doi:10.51507/j.jams.2022.15.3.189
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Huh JH, Jeong HI, Kim KH. Effect of manual acupuncture for mild-to-moderate carpal tunnel syndrome: a systematic review. J Pharmacopuncture. 2021;24(4):153–164. doi:10.3831/kpi.2021.24.4.153
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Yu S, Yang J, Yang M, et al. Application of acupoints and meridians for the treatment of primary dysmenorrhea: a data mining-based literature study. Evid Based Complement Alternat Med. 2015;2015:752194. doi:10.1155/2015/752194
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Yu J, Jiang Y, Tu M, Liao B, Fang J. Investigating prescriptions and mechanisms of acupuncture for chronic stable angina pectoris: an association rule mining and network analysis study. Evid Based Complement Alternat Med. 2020;2020:1931839. doi:10.1155/2020/1931839
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Lu PH, Chen YY, Tsai FM, et al. Combined acupoints for the treatment of patients with obesity: an association rule analysis. Evid Based Complement Alternat Med. 2022;2022:7252213. doi:10.1155/2022/7252213
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Gu J, Hu M, Wang X, et al. Data mining analysis reveals key acupoints and meridians for the treatment of chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy. Explore (NY). 2023;19(1):71–77. doi:10.1016/j.explore.2022.04.003
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Chen J, Xie Y, Lin Q, et al. Investigating acupoint selection and combinations of acupuncture for tic disorders: an association rule mining and network analysis study. Front Neurol. 2022;13:894951. doi:10.3389/fneur.2022.894951
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Xu J, Lu Z, Zhang H, Shen Y, Zhao H. Analysis on acupoint selection and combination for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis treated with acupuncture based on data mining. Evid Based Complement Alternat Med. 2022;2022:6541600. doi:10.1155/2022/6541600
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Hwang YC, Lee IS, Ryu Y, Lee MS, Chae Y. Exploring traditional acupuncture point selection patterns for pain control: data mining of randomised controlled clinical trials. Acupunct Med. 2020;964528420926173. doi:10.1177/0964528420926173
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Lee S, Ryu Y, Park HJ, Lee IS, Chae Y. Characteristics of five-phase acupoints from data mining of randomized controlled clinical trials followed by multidimensional scaling. Integr Med Res. 2022;11(2):100829. doi:10.1016/j.imr.2021.100829
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• He Y, Miao F, Fan Y, et al. Analysis of acupoint selection and combinations in acupuncture treatment of carpal tunnel syndrome: a protocol for data mining. J Pain Res. 2023;16:1941–1948. doi:10.2147/jpr.S411843
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Xueyong S. Meridian and Collaterals, Acupoints. Beijing: China Medical Science and Technology Press; 2020.
   Google Scholar
• Higgins JP, Green S. Cochrane handbook for systematic reviews of interventions. Wiley-Blackwell. 2008;2008:1.
   Google Scholar
• Wahab KW, Sanya EO, Adebayo PB, Babalola MO, Ibraheem HG. Carpal tunnel syndrome and other entrapment neuropathies. Oman Med J. 2017;32(6):449–454. doi:10.5001/omj.2017.87
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Amirfeyz R, Gozzard C, Leslie IJ. Hand elevation test for assessment of carpal tunnel syndrome. J Hand Surg Br. 2005;30(4):361–364. doi:10.1016/j.jhsb.2005.04.007
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Keith MW, Masear V, Chung KC, et al. American Academy of orthopaedic surgeons clinical practice guideline on diagnosis of carpal tunnel syndrome. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2009;91(10):2478–2479. doi:10.2106/jbjs.I.00643
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Burton C, Chesterton LS, Davenport G. Diagnosing and managing carpal tunnel syndrome in primary care. Br J Gen Pract. 2014;64(622):262–263. doi:10.3399/bjgp14X679903
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Marshall S, Tardif G, Ashworth N. Local corticosteroid injection for carpal tunnel syndrome. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2007;(2):Cd001554. doi:10.1002/14651858.CD001554.pub2
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Wilson JK, Sevier TL. A review of treatment for carpal tunnel syndrome. Disabil Rehabil. 2003;25(3):113–119. doi:10.1080/0963828021000007978
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Verdugo RJ, Salinas RA, Castillo JL, Cea JG. Surgical versus non-surgical treatment for carpal tunnel syndrome. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2008;2008(4):Cd001552. doi:10.1002/14651858.CD001552.pub2
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Morey SS. NIH issues consensus statement on acupuncture. Am Fam Physician. 1998;57(10):2545–2546.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Asgari MR, Mosaviinejad SS, Ebrahimian A, Aminianfar A, Ghorbani R, Babamohamadi H. The effects of acupressure on the symptoms severity and function status and electrodiagnostic findings in patients with carpal tunnel syndrome. Complementary Ther Med. 2020;51. doi:10.1016/j.ctim.2020.102420
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Maeda Y, Kettner N, Lee J, et al. Acupuncture-evoked response in somatosensory and prefrontal cortices predicts immediate pain reduction in carpal tunnel syndrome. Evid Based Complement Alternat Med. 2013;2013:795906. doi:10.1155/2013/795906
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Ural Fatma Gulcin, Ozturk Gokhan Tuna; The acupuncture effect on median nerve morphology in patients with carpal tunnel syndrome: an ultrasonographic study. Evid Based Complement Alternat Med. 2017;2017(6):7420648. doi:10.1155/2017/7420648
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Yang CP, Wang NH, Li TC, et al. A randomized clinical trial of acupuncture versus oral steroids for carpal tunnel syndrome: a long-term follow-up. J Pain. 2011;12(2):272–279. doi:10.1016/j.jpain.2010.09.001
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Zhu C, Xia W, Huang J, et al. Effects of acupuncture on the pregnancy outcomes of frozen-thawed embryo transfer: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Front Public Health. 2022;10:987276. doi:10.3389/fpubh.2022.987276
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Qin Z, Liu X, Wu J, Zhai Y, Liu Z. effectiveness of acupuncture for treating sciatica: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Evid Based Complement Alternat Med. 2015;2015:425108. doi:10.1155/2015/425108
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Audette JF, Ryan AH. The role of acupuncture in pain management. Phys Med Rehabil Clin N Am. 2004;15(4):749–772, v. doi:10.1016/j.pmr.2004.03.009
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Kavoussi B, Ross BE. The neuroimmune basis of anti-inflammatory acupuncture. Integr Cancer Ther. 2007;6(3):251–257. doi:10.1177/1534735407305892
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Asghar AU, Green G, Lythgoe MF, Pherson H, MacPherson H. Acupuncture needling sensation: the neural correlates of deqi using fMRI. Brain Res. 2010;1315:111–118. doi:10.1016/j.brainres.2009.12.019
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Bayardo Roberto J, Rakesh A. Mining the most interesting rules. Proceedings of the fifth ACM SIGKDD international conference on Knowledge discovery and data mining. San Diego, California, USA: Association for Computing Machinery; 1999. p. 145–154.
   Google Scholar
• Hui CY, Wang YJ, Zhang BY, et al. Mining quantitative associations in large database.In: Zhang Y, Tanaka K, Yu JX, Wang S, Li Meditors Web Technologies Research and Development - Apweb 2005. Lecture Notes in Computer Science. Vol 33992005. 405–416.
   Google Scholar
• Zhang W, Fang HB, Song J. Principal component tests: applied to temporal gene expression data. BMC Bioinf. 2009;9(S1):1. doi:10.1186/1471-2105-10-s1-s26
   Google Scholar
• Wu L, Liang W, Chen W, et al. Screening and analysis of the marker components in ganoderma lucidum by HPLC and HPLC-MS(n) with the aid of chemometrics. Molecules. 2017;22(4). doi:10.3390/molecules22040584
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Hu Y, Liu X, Yang J, Xiao K, Wang B, Du H. Development and characterization of a duplex PCR assay in Chinese sturgeon (Acipenser sinensis) for genetic analysis. Sci Rep. 2020;10(1):3451. doi:10.1038/s41598-020-60401-y
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Akopov AS, Moskovtsev AA, Dolenko SA, Savina GD. Cluster analysis in biomedical researches. Patol Fiziol Eksp Ter. 2013;2013:(4):84–96.
   Google Scholar
• González Santa Cruz F, Moral-Cuadra S, Choque Tito J, López-Guzmán T. Gastronomic motivations and perceived value of foreign tourists in the city of oruro (Bolivia): an analysis based on structural equations. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2020;17(10):3618. doi:10.3390/ijerph17103618
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Pett MA, Lackey NR, Sullivan JJ. Making sense of factor analysis: the use of factor analysis for instrument development in. Health Care Res Sage Publ. 2003;2003:1.
   Google Scholar
• Litscher G, Xie Z, Wang L, Gaischek I. Blue 405 nm laser light mediates heart rate - investigations at the acupoint Neiguan (Pe.6) in Chinese adults. N Am J Med Sci. 2009;1(5):226–231. doi:10.4297/najms.2009.5226
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Fu Y, Wang Y. Clinical Progress Of Chinese Medicine In The Treatment Of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome. Asia-Pacific Tradit Med. 2022;18(05):231–234.
   Google Scholar
• Zhang Z, Xu D, Wang J, et al. Correlated sensory and sympathetic innervation between the acupoint bl23 and kidney in the rat. Front Integr Neurosci. 2020;14:616778. doi:10.3389/fnint.2020.616778
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Dimitrova A, Murchison C, Oken B. Local effects of acupuncture on the median and ulnar nerves in patients with carpal tunnel syndrome: a pilot mechanistic study protocol. Trials. 2019;20(1):8. doi:10.1186/s13063-018-3094-5
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Chen RX, Kang MF. Clinical application of acupoint heat-sensitization. Zhongguo Zhen Jiu. 2007;27(3):199–202.
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Maeda Y, Kettner N, Lee J, et al. Acupuncture evoked response in contralateral somatosensory cortex reflects peripheral nerve pathology of carpal tunnel syndrome. Med Acupunct. 2013;25(4):275–284. doi:10.1089/acu.2013.0964
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Shi GX, Liu BZ, Wang J, et al. Motion style acupuncture therapy for shoulder pain: a randomized controlled trial. J Pain Res. 2018;11:2039–2050. doi:10.2147/jpr.S161951
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar