Effects of acupuncture in the treatment of occipital neuralgia: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Acupuncture is used to treat subjects with occipital neuralgia, which is 1 of the main causes of occipital pain; however, its effect is conflicting. Hence, the current study aims to evaluate the effects of acupuncture in the treatment of occipital neuralgia.

Methods

In a systematic search of PubMed, Embase, OVID, China National Knowledge Infrastructure, Cochrane Library, Chinese Biomedical Literature Database, Wanfang databases, and Google Scholar until July 2021, 15 studies aimed to evaluate the effects of acupuncture in the treatment of occipital neuralgia were included. Human-related trials were considered in different languages. The size of the study was not considered a limit for its inclusion and the study intervention should focus on comparing the impact of

SUBMITTER: Zheng H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9726333 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature