Review Article
Effectiveness of Acupuncture for Lateral Epicondylitis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials
Table 1
Search strategy of acupuncture for lateral epicondylitis in the PubMed database.
| No. | Keywords |
| (1) | Randomized controlled trial | (2) | Controlled clinical trials | (3) | Randomly | (4) | Randomized | (5) | Trial | (6) | Placebo | (7) | 1 or 2–6 | (8) | Lateral humeral epicondylitis | (9) | Lateral epicondylitis | (10) | Tennis elbow | (11) | 8 or 9-10 | (12) | Acupuncture | (13) | Acupuncture therapy | (14) | Acupoints | (15) | Body acupuncture | (16) | Scalp acupuncture | (17) | Electroacupuncture | (18) | Fire needle | (19) | Plum-blossom needle | (20) | Elongated needle | (21) | Intradermal needle | (22) | 12 or 13–21 | (23) | 7 and 11 and 22 |
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