Table 1.
Search strategy for Medline via PubMed.
| No. | Search items |
|---|---|
| #1 | “dorsalgia” [tw] |
| #2 | “Back Pain”[Mesh] |
| #3 | (“backache” or “back pain”) [tw] |
| #4 | (“lumbar adj pain”) [tw] |
| #5 | “coccyx”[tw] |
| #6 | “coccydynia”[tw] |
| #7 | “sciatica”[tw] |
| #8 | “sciatic neuropathy” [Mesh] |
| #9 | “spondylosis”[tw] |
| #10 | “lumbago”[tw] |
| #11 | “back disorder$”[tw] |
| #12 | “Back Muscles”[Mesh] |
| #13 | #1 OR #2 OR #3 OR #4 OR #5 OR #6 OR #7 OR #8 OR #9 OR #10 OR #11 OR #12 |
| #14 | “Acupuncture Therapy”[Mesh] or “Acupuncture, Ear”[Mesh] or “Acupuncture Points”[Mesh] or “Acupuncture Analgesia”[Mesh] or “Acupuncture”[Mesh] |
| #15 | “Acupressure”[Mesh] |
| #16 | “Electroacupuncture”[Mesh] |
| #17 | “Meridians”[Mesh] |
| #18 | “Moxibustion”[Mesh] |
| #19 | “Acupuncture”[tw] |
| #20 | “acupressure$”[tw] |
| #21 | (“electroacupuncture” or “electro acupuncture” or “electro-acupuncture”) [tw] |
| #22 | “meridian$”[tw] |
| #23 | “mox$”[tw] |
| #24 | “needling”[tw] |
| #25 | (“acu-point$” or “acupoint$”)[tw] |
| #26 | “acupoint$”[tw] |
| #27 | “shu”[tw] |
| #28 | (“shiatsu” or “tui na”) [tw] |
| #29 | #14 OR #15 OR #16 OR #17 OR #18 OR #19 OR #20 OR #21 OR #22 OR #23 OR #24 OR #25 OR #26 OR #27 OR #28 |
| #30 | “injection” [tw] |
| #31 | “injections” [tw] |
| #32 | #30 OR #31 |
| #33 | #29 AND #32 |
| #34 | randomized controlled trial [pt] |
| #35 | controlled clinical trial [pt] |
| #36 | randomized [tiab] |
| #37 | placebo [tiab] |
| #38 | clinical trials as topic [mesh: noexp] |
| #39 | randomly [tiab] |
| #40 | trial [ti] |
| #41 | #34 OR #35 OR #36 OR #37 OR #38 OR #39 OR #40 |
| #42 | animals [mh] NOT humans [mh] |
| #43 | #41NOT #42 |
| #44 | #13 AND #33 AND #43 |