Table 1.
Medline search strategy.
| Number | Search terms |
| 1 | Randomized controlled trial |
| 2 | Controlled clinical trial |
| 3 | Randomly |
| 4 | Randomised |
| 5 | Randomized |
| 6 | Trial |
| 7 | or/1-6 (“or” is a representative of connecting two coordinating relation words) |
| 8 | Cerebral palsy |
| 9 | CP |
| 10 | Brain paralysis |
| 11 | Feilian |
| 12 | Encephala paralysis |
| 13 | or/8-12 |
| 14 | Acupuncture |
| 15 | Acupoint |
| 16 | Meridian |
| 17 | Electro-acupuncture |
| 18 | Electroacupuncture |
| 19 | Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation |
| 20 | Acupoint catgut embedding |
| 21 | Acupressure |
| 22 | Cupping jar |
| 23 | Moxibustion |
| 24 | Auricular points |
| 25 | Abdominal acupuncture points |
| 26 | Scalp acupuncture points |
| 27 | Laser |
| 28 | Magnets |
| 29 | Bleeding |
| 30 | Acupoint injection |
| 31 | Fire needle |
| 32 | Needle-knife |
| 33 | Superficial needling |
| 34 | or/14-33 |
| 35 | 7 and 13 and 34 |