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 |