Effectiveness of acupuncture therapy for postherpetic neuralgia: an umbrella review protocol.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Several systematic reviews and meta-analysis indicate that acupuncture and related therapies may be a valuable adjunctive technique to pharmacological interventions for pain management of postherpetic neuralgia (PHN). However, the robustness of the results of these studies has not been evaluated. The aim of this proposed umbrella review is to provide more reliable evidence of the effectiveness of acupuncture therapy for PHN based on medical references for healthcare decision makers.

Methods and analysis

PubMed, EMBASE, The Cochrane Library, Web of Science, Chinese BioMedical Literature Database, VIP Database for Chinese Technical Periodicals, China National Knowledge Infrastructure and Wan fang Database will be used to retrieve reviews. The time of publication w

SUBMITTER: Zhao Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8144037 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature