Luo 2008.

Methods	Participants were randomly allocated via a random numbers table.
Participants	60 participants (32 females, 28 males; age range: 39 to 62 years) treated operatively for fracture of the surgical neck of the humerus.
Interventions	1. Acupuncture (electroacupuncture and infrared radiation) plus passive exercise of the shoulder joint 2. Exercises only: passive exercise of the shoulder joint followed by active exercises Treatment lasted 1 month.
Outcomes	Follow‐up: 1 month Shoulder pain score (VAS) Shoulder joint activity
Notes	Trial in Chinese with English abstract. Translation of methods section (1.1) confirmed that this was a randomised trial. The review authors agreed to defer trials testing acupuncture and variants thereof as well as Chinese traditional medicine. This also reflects our limited experience of these interventions.