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Klaus Linde is affiliated with the Technical University of Munich in Germany. Their research primarily focuses on Medicine and Health Professions, with a significant body of work in subfields such as General Health Professions, Psychiatry and Mental Health, Clinical Psychology, Complementary and Alternative Medicine, and Physiology.

The main topics covered by Klaus Linde's publications include:

  • Complementary and Alternative Medicine Studies
  • COVID-19 and Mental Health
  • Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments
  • Primary Care and Health Outcomes
  • Acupuncture Treatment Research Studies
  • Mental Health Treatment and Access
  • Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Klaus Linde encompass a variety of medical subjects and publication venues. Some of these include:

  • Efficacy, Safety, and Acceptability of Pharmacologic Treatments for Pediatric Migraine Prophylaxis, 2020, JAMA Pediatrics
  • Hidradenitis suppurativa - prevalence analyses of German statutory health insurance data, 2020, Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology
  • Cupping for Patients With Chronic Pain: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis, 2020, Journal of Pain
  • Incidence of post-COVID syndrome and associated symptoms in outpatient care in Bavaria, Germany: a retrospective cohort study using routinely collected claims data, 2022, BMJ Open
  • Predictors and outcomes in primary depression care (POKAL) - a research training group develops an innovative approach to collaborative care, 2022, BMC Primary Care

Klaus Linde frequently publishes in well-known venues, including:

  • Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
  • BMC Primary Care
  • BMJ Open
  • Zeitschrift für Allgemeinmedizin
  • Das Gesundheitswesen

The scientist has collaborated notably with several co-authors who have worked with them multiple times. These frequent collaborators include:

  • Antonius Schneider
  • Alexander Hapfelmeier
  • Linda Sanftenberg
  • Jochen Gensichen
  • Stefanie Eck

Best Publications

  • Are the clinical effects of homoeopathy placebo effects? A meta-analysis of placebo-controlled trials

    Klaus Linde;Nicola Clausius;Gilbert Ramirez;Dieter Melchart

  • St John's wort for depression—an overview and meta-analysis of randomised clinical trials

    Klaus Linde;Gilbert Ramirez;Cynthia D Mulrow;Andrej Pauls

  • Acupuncture for Chronic Pain: Individual Patient Data Meta-analysis

    Andrew J. Vickers;Angel M. Cronin;Alexandra C. Maschino;George Lewith

  • Acupuncture for patients with migraine: a randomized controlled trial.

    Klaus Linde;Andrea Streng;Susanne Jürgens;Andrea Hoppe

  • Acupuncture in patients with osteoarthritis of the knee: a randomised trial

    C Witt;B Brinkhaus;S Jena;K Linde

  • St John's wort for major depression

    Klaus Linde;Michael M Berner;Levente Kriston

  • The impact of patient expectations on outcomes in four randomized controlled trials of acupuncture in patients with chronic pain

    Klaus Linde;Claudia M. Witt;Andrea Streng;Wolfgang Weidenhammer

  • Acupuncture for the prevention of tension‐type headache

    Klaus Linde;Gianni Allais;Benno Brinkhaus;Yutong Fei

  • Acupuncture for chronic pain: update of an individual patient data meta-analysis

    Andrew J Vickers;Emily A Vertosick;George Lewith;Hugh MacPherson

  • Completeness of reporting of trials published in languages other than English: implications for conduct and reporting of systematic reviews

    D. Moher;P. Fortin;A.R. Jadad;P. Jüni

  • Acupuncture in patients with chronic low back pain: a randomized controlled trial.

    Benno Brinkhaus;Claudia M. Witt;Susanne Jena;Klaus Linde

  • Acupuncture for migraine prophylaxis

    Klaus Linde;Gianni Allais;Benno Brinkhaus;Eric Manheimer

  • Echinacea for preventing and treating the common cold

    Marlies Karsch‐Völk;Bruce Barrett;David Kiefer;Rudolf Bauer

  • Acupuncture in patients with tension-type headache: randomised controlled trial

    Dieter Melchart;Andrea Streng;Andrea Hoppe;Benno Brinkhaus

  • Acupuncture for peripheral joint osteoarthritis

    Eric Manheimer;Ke Cheng;Klaus Linde;Lixing Lao

  • Prospective Investigation of Adverse Effects of Acupuncture in 97 733 Patients

    Dieter Melchart;Wolfgang Weidenhammer;Andrea Streng;Susanne Reitmayr

  • A critical overview of homeopathy

    Wayne B Jonas;Ted J Kaptchuk;Klaus Linde

  • Pragmatic Randomized Trial Evaluating the Clinical and Economic Effectiveness of Acupuncture for Chronic Low Back Pain

    Claudia M. Witt;Susanne Jena;Dagmar Selim;Benno Brinkhaus

  • Acupuncture for the prevention of episodic migraine

    Klaus Linde;Gianni Allais;Benno Brinkhaus;Yutong Fei

  • Acupuncture for tension-type headache.

    Klaus Linde;Gianni Allais;Benno Brinkhaus;Eric Manheimer

Frequent Co-Authors

Andrew J. Vickers
Andrew J. Vickers Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Stefan N. Willich
Stefan N. Willich Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Harald Walach
Harald Walach European University Viadrina
Levente Kriston
Levente Kriston Universität Hamburg
Nadine E. Foster
Nadine E. Foster University of Queensland
Edzard Ernst
Edzard Ernst University of Exeter
Hildebert Wagner
Hildebert Wagner Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Gustav Dobos
Gustav Dobos University of Duisburg-Essen
Brian Berman
Brian Berman Virginia Commonwealth University
Jos Kleijnen
Jos Kleijnen Kleijnen Systematic Reviews (United Kingdom)

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