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Robin ST Ho

Postdoc Fellow, Department of Sports Science & Physical Education, Chinese University of …
Verified email at cuhk.edu.hk
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[HTML][HTML] Effectiveness of acupuncture and related therapies for palliative care of cancer: overview of systematic reviews

…, VCH Chung, EP Hui, ETC Ziea, BFL Ng, RST Ho… - Scientific reports, 2015 - nature.com
Acupuncture and related therapies such as moxibustion and transcutaneous electrical nerve
stimulation are often used to manage cancer-related symptoms, but their effectiveness and …

[HTML][HTML] Hypertonic dextrose injections (prolotherapy) in the treatment of symptomatic knee osteoarthritis: a systematic review and meta-analysis

…, D Rabago, KKW Chan, DCC Chan, X Wu, RST Ho… - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
Hypertonic dextrose injections (prolotherapy) is an emerging treatment for symptomatic knee
osteoarthritis (OA) but its efficacy is uncertain. We conducted a systematic review with meta-…

Non-specific effects of acupuncture and sham acupuncture in clinical trials from the patient's perspective: a systematic review of qualitative evidence

RST Ho, CHL Wong, JCY Wu… - Acupuncture in …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Background Previous clinical trials have demonstrated that both acupuncture and sham
acupuncture exert significant, non-specific effects on treatment outcomes when compared to no-…

[HTML][HTML] Acupuncture and related therapies used as add-on or alternative to prokinetics for functional dyspepsia: overview of systematic reviews and network meta …

RST Ho, VCH Chung, CHL Wong, JCY Wu… - Scientific Reports, 2017 - nature.com
Prokinetics for functional dyspepsia (FD) have relatively higher number needed to treat values.
Acupuncture and related therapies could be used as add-on or alternative. An overview …

[HTML][HTML] Effectiveness of Chinese herbal medicine for cancer palliative care: overview of systematic reviews with meta-analyses

…, X Wu, EP Hui, ETC Ziea, BFL Ng, RST Ho… - Scientific reports, 2015 - nature.com
Chinese herbal medicines (CHM) are often used in managing cancer related symptoms but
their effectiveness and safety is controversial. We conducted this overview of meta-analyses …

Acupuncture and related therapies for treating irritable bowel syndrome: overview of systematic reviews and network meta-analysis

IXY Wu, CHL Wong, RST Ho… - Therapeutic …, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: An overview of systematic reviews (SRs) and a network meta-analysis (NMA)
were conducted to evaluate the comparative effectiveness of acupuncture and related …

Electroacupuncture and splinting versus splinting alone to treat carpal tunnel syndrome: a randomized controlled trial

VCH Chung, RST Ho, S Liu, MKC Chong, AWN Leung… - Cmaj, 2016 - Can Med Assoc
Background: The effectiveness of acupuncture for managing carpal tunnel syndrome is
uncertain, particularly in patients already receiving conventional treatments (eg, splinting). We …

[HTML][HTML] Patients' perceptions on non‐specific effects of acupuncture: Qualitative comparison between responders and non‐responders

RST Ho, FF Ho, J Adams, H Cramer, B Leung… - Integrative medicine …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Non-specific effect of acupuncture constitutes part of the overall effect
generated via clinical encounter beyond needle insertion and stimulation. It is unclear how …

Chinese herbal medicine for functional dyspepsia: systematic review of systematic reviews

MHK Chu, IXY Wu, RST Ho… - Therapeutic …, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: Pharmacotherapy, including prokinetics and proton pump inhibitors for functional
dyspepsia (FD) have limited effectiveness, and their safety has been recently questioned. …

[HTML][HTML] Methodological quality of meta-analyses on treatments for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a cross-sectional study using the AMSTAR (Assessing the …

RST Ho, X Wu, J Yuan, S Liu, X Lai, S Wong… - NPJ primary care …, 2015 - nature.com
Background: Meta-analysis (MA) of randomised trials is considered to be one of the best
approaches for summarising high-quality evidence on the efficacy and safety of treatments. …