Table 9.
Trials with sham and no acupuncture control and time points assessed after the end of treatment
| Sham Acupuncture | No acupuncture control | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trial Name | Pain Condition | Average Length of Treatment | Time Points after End of Treatment | Included in meta-analysis | Control patients offered acupuncture treatment (Crossover) | Time Points after End of Treatment | Included in meta-analysis |
| Carlsson 200113 | Low Back Pain | 8 weeks | Weeks 5 and 18 | Yes | |||
| Chen 201316 | Osteoarthritis | 12 weeks | End of treatment and week 14 | Yes | |||
| Endres 200728 | Headache | 6 weeks | End of treatment and weeks 7 and 20 | Yes | |||
| Guerra de Hoyos 200435 | Shoulder | 8 weeks | Weeks 5 and 18 | Yes | |||
| Irnich 200141 | Neck | 3 weeks | Weeks 1 and 10 | Yes | |||
| Kennedy 200848 | Low Back Pain | 5 weeks | End of treatment and week 7 | Yes | |||
| Kerr 200349 | Low Back Pain | 6 weeks | None | No | |||
| Kleinhenz 199952 | Shoulder | 4 weeks | End of treatment | No | |||
| Li 201259 | Migraine | 4 weeks | End of treatment and week 4 | Yes | |||
| Vas 200489 | Osteoarthritis | 12 weeks | Week 1 | No | |||
| Vas 200691 | Neck | 3 weeks | Weeks 1 and 25 | Yes | |||
| Vas 200890 | Shoulder | 3 weeks | Weeks 1 and 10 | Yes | |||
| White 2004104 | Neck | 4 weeks | End of treatment and weeks 1 through 8 | Yes | |||
| White 2012103 | Osteoarthritis | 4 weeks | End of treatment and week 1 | Yes | |||
| Berman 20048 | Osteoarthritis | 26 weeks | End of treatment | No | No | End of treatment | No |
| Brinkhaus 200611 | Low Back Pain | 8 weeks | End of treatment and weeks 18 and 44 | Yes | At 8 weeks | End of treatment | No |
| Cherkin 200919 | Low Back Pain | 7 weeks | Weeks 1, 19 and 45 | Yes | No | Weeks 1, 19 and 45 | Yes |
| Diener 200626 | Migraine | 6 weeks | End of treatment and weeks 7 and 20 | Yes | No | End of treatment and weeks 7 and 20 | Yes |
| Foster 200733 | Osteoarthritis | 3 weeks | Weeks 3, 23 and 49 | Yes | No | Weeks 3, 23 and 49 | Yes |
| Haake 200736 | Low Back Pain | 6 weeks | End of treatment and weeks 7 and 20 | Yes | No | End of treatment and weeks 7 and 20 | Yes |
| Linde 200563 | Migraine | 8 weeks | End of treatment and weeks 4 and 16 | Yes | At 12 weeks | Week 4 | No |
| Melchart 200571 | Headache | 8 weeks | End of treatment and weeks 4 and 16 | Yes | At 12 weeks | Week 4 | No |
| Scharf 200680 | Osteoarthritis | 6 weeks | Weeks 7 and 20 | Yes | No | Weeks 7 and 20 | Yes |
| Suarez-Almazor 201085 | Osteoarthritis | 6 weeks | End of treatment and week 7 | Yes | No | Week 7 | No |
| Witt 2005108 | Osteoarthritis | 8 weeks | End of treatment and weeks 18 and 44 | Yes | At 8 weeks | End of treatment | No |
| Cherkin 200118 | Low Back Pain | 10 weeks | No | End of treatment and week 42 | Yes | ||
| Hinman 201439 | Osteoarthritis | 12 weeks | No | End of treatment and week 40 | Yes | ||
| Hunter 201240 | Low Back Pain | 6 weeks | No | Weeks 2, 7 and 20 | Yes | ||
| Jena 200843 | Headache | 12 weeks | At 12 weeks | All measurements after crossover | No | ||
| Lansdown 200956 | Osteoarthritis | 10 weeks | No | Weeks 3 and 42 | Yes | ||
| MacPherson 201567 | Neck | 16 weeks | No | Weeks 10 and 36 | Yes | ||
| Thomas 200687 | Low Back Pain | 12 weeks | No | Weeks 1, 40 and 92 | Yes | ||
| Salter 200679 | Neck | 12 weeks | No | Week 1 | No | ||
| Vickers 200495 | Headache | 6 weeks | No | Weeks 1 and 40 | Yes | ||
| Weiss 2013102 | Low Back Pain | 4 weeks | No | End of treatment and week 13 | Yes | ||
| Williamson 2007107 | Osteoarthritis | 6 weeks | No | Weeks 1 and 6 | Yes | ||
| Witt 2006109 | Neck | 12 weeks | At 12 weeks | All measurements after crossover | No | ||
| Witt 2006110 | Osteoarthritis | 12 weeks | At 12 weeks | All measurements after crossover | No | ||
| Witt ARC 2006111 | Low Back Pain | 12 weeks | At 12 weeks | All measurements after crossover | No | ||