Research Article
Acupuncture for Frequent Migraine: A Randomized, Patient/Assessor Blinded, Controlled Trial with One-Year Follow-Up
Table 8
The adverse events reported by participants in each treatment group.
| Type of event | RA (number of cases) | SA (number of cases ) |
| Dizziness | 4 | 3 | Bruising | 3 | 1 | Pain | 3 | 2 | Cold and sweaty | 8 | 5 | Tingling | 11 | 1 | Recurrent headache | 7 | 2 | Mild spasm in the calf muscle induced by tapping on the thigh by the patients after the treatment | 1 | 0 | Total of AEs | 37 | 14 | Total of treatment sessions | 400 | 374 | Accidences per treatment | 9.25% | 3.74% |
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