Table 2.

Peripheral nerve injury associated with acupuncture.

Case	Acupoint	Patient sensation during acupuncture	Patients sensation or symptoms after acupuncture	Result of examine	Damaged nerve
(1) Wang [32]	Neiguan (PC6)	Electric shock, burning and radiated to the hand	The thumb, index finger, and middle finger could not flex and had difficulty in straightening	The affected limb has limited movement, skin temperature, thermesthesia, and pain are weaker than the healthy side	Median nerve
(2) Sobel et al. [33]	Yanglingquan (GB34)	Pain and radiated to the right lower limb	Burning, pain, unable to move the right foot	The extensor hallucis longus, extensor digitorum longus, and peroneal muscles were all graded as 2/5, and the anterior tibialis muscle was graded as 4/5	Peroneal nerve
(3) Sato et al. [34]	Yanglingquan (GB34)	Pain and radiated to the left leg	Pain, burning, numbness, and weakness in the left leg	EMG: compound muscle action potentials of the peroneal nerve in the left leg showed a remarkable decrease in amplitude distal to the level of the fibular head	Peroneal nerve
(4) Ruan et al. [35]	Yanglingquan (GB34)	Electric shock, pain, and radiated to the left lower leg	Pain, burning in the calf to the back of the foot, weakness in the lower extremities	EMG examination revealed injury of the common peroneal nerve	Peroneal nerve
(5) Wang [36]	Huantiao (GB30)	Electric shock, pain, and radiated down to the right foot	Numbness and weakness in the right leg	No record	Sciatic nerve

EMG: electromyogram.