Acupuncture: Review and Analysis of Reports on Controlled Clinical Trials
(2003; 87 pages)

Acknowledgements
Introduction
	Background
	Objectives
	Use of the publication
1. General considerations
	1.1. Definition
	1.2. Need for evaluation
	1.3. Evaluation methodology
	1.4. Safety
	1.5. Availability and practicability
	1.6. Studies on therapeutic mechanisms
	1.7. Selection of clinical trial reports
2. Review of clinical trial reports
	2.1. Pain
		2.1.1. Head and face
		2.1.2. Locomotor system
		2.1.3. Gout
		2.1.4. Biliary and renal colic
		2.1.5. Traumatic or postoperative pain
		2.1.6. Dentistry
		2.1.7. Childbirth
		2.1.8. Surgery
	2.2. Infections
	2.3. Neurological disorders
	2.4. Respiratory disorders
	2.5. Digestive disorders
	2.6. Blood disorders
	2.7. Urogenital disorders
	2.8. Gynaecological and obstetric disorders
	2.9. Cardiovascular disorders
	2.10. Psychiatric disorders and mental disturbances
	2.11. Paediatric disorders
	2.12. Disorders of the sense organs
	2.13. Skin diseases
	2.14. Cancers
	2.15. Other reports
3. Diseases and disorders that can be treated with acupuncture
4. Summary table of controlled clinical trials
References

Acupuncture: Review and Analysis of Reports on Controlled Clinical Trials

WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
GENEVA
2002

WHO Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data

Acupuncture: review and analysis of reports on controlled clinical trials.

1. Acupuncture therapy 2. Evaluation studies 3. Controlled clinical trials
4. Evidence-based medicine 5. Preview literature

ISBN 92 4 154543 7 (NLM classification: WB 369)

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