Acupuncture for Treating Whiplash Associated Disorder: A Systematic Review of Randomised Clinical Trials

Table 2

Details of the treatment regimen.

First author (year); [ref]	Treatment acupoints	Stimulation technique	Total treatment (session)	Duration of the trials	Timing of the primary endpoint collection
Kwak (2012); [23]	(A) Flexible selection considering the painful lesion (SI2, SI3, SI5, SI7, LI 11, SI 15, SI 14, BL10, BL12, BL13, BL14, BL60, BL62, BL66, GB20, GB21, GB40, GB41, TE15, TE5)	Rotating needles using the index finger and thumb after insertion to a 1.0–2.0 cm depth using a guide tube	6	2 weeks	2 weeks
Tobbackx (2013); [24]	(A) Individually tailored selection of the following points: GV14, C1–C7, GB20, SI11, GB21, TE15, SI14, BL17, SP10, SI3, BL64, TE5, GB41, Ear Zero point, Ear Jerome point, Ear C0	n.r.	1	1 day	1 day
Cameron (2011) [25]	(A) GB39, GB20, LI14, SI6 bilaterally; (B) Acupoints 20–30 mm away from (A)	Electrical	12	6 weeks	6 months
Han (2011) [26]	(A), (B) BL10, GB20, GB21, SI14, SI15, SI11	Electrical	8	4 weeks	8 weeks
Tough (2010); [27]	Myofascial trigger points (MTrPs); MTrPs were defined as “tender muscle points (which occur with or without a taut band) and which on sustained palpation (up to 10 seconds) reproduce the patient’s pain	Sparrow pecking motion (moving up and down five or six times)	2–6	2–6 weeks	6 weeks
Aigner (1998); [28]	TB5, SI6 bilaterally	n.r.	n.r.	n.r.	n.r.

n.r.: not reported.