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Corrigendum Compounds Errors and Again Fails to Support the Specificity of Acupoint Tapping
Glen I Spielmans1, Gerald M Rosen2
1Department of Psychology, Metropolitan State University, Saint Paul, Minnesota.
The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease
|January 26, 2022
Summary
A prior meta-analysis incorrectly claimed acupoint tapping offers therapeutic benefits. Our corrected analysis found no significant benefit, questioning the validity of emotional freedom technique claims.
Area of Science:
- Psychology
- Neuroscience
- Integrative Medicine
Background:
- A previous meta-analysis suggested acupoint tapping (ATP) has therapeutic benefits.
- Methodological and statistical flaws were identified in the original meta-analysis.
Purpose of the Study:
- To re-evaluate the efficacy of ATP by correcting statistical and methodological issues.
- To address responses to criticisms regarding ATP's therapeutic benefits.
Main Methods:
- Corrected effect sizes from the original study data.
- Statistical re-analysis of study endpoint measures.
- Critique of post hoc analyses using follow-up measures.
Main Results:
- Corrected analysis revealed no significant therapeutic benefit for ATP at study endpoint.
- Post hoc analyses using follow-up measures were deemed problematic and ignored prior nonsignificant results.
Conclusions:
- The original meta-analytic finding of ATP's specific therapeutic benefit is unsubstantiated.
- Concerns remain regarding unfounded claims about ATP by emotional freedom technique proponents.
