Review Article

Acupuncture for Low Back Pain: An Overview of Systematic Reviews

Table 6

Excluded systematic reviews.

ReferencesReason for exclusion

White and Foell, Evidence-Based Medicine, vol. 18, no. 6, p. e56, 2013.Not systematic review
Pennick and Liddle, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, vol. 8, Article ID CD001139, 2013.No separate data of acupuncture for back pain
Yu et al., Chinese Journal of Information on TCM, vol. 19, no. 5, pp. 27–29, 2012.No separate data available
Vickers et al., Archives of Internal Medicine, vol. 172, no. 19, pp. 1444–1453, 2012.Unavailable separate data for back pain
Tan, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, China, 2012.Inappropriate data analysis
Richards et al., Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica, vol. 91, no. 9, pp. 1038–1045, 2012.Narrative systematic review
Marlowe, Primary Care: Clinics in Office Practice, vol. 39, no. 3, pp. 533–546, 2012.Not systematic review
Hutchinson et al., Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research, vol. 7, p. 36, 2012.Narrative systematic review
Ernst, Focus on Alternative and Complementary Therapies, vol. 17, no. 4, pp. 223-224, 2012.Commentary
Amezaga Urruela and Suarez-Almazor, Current Rheumatology Reports, vol. 14, no. 6, pp. 589–597, 2012.Not systematic review
Li, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China, 2011.Compared different forms of acupuncture
Katonis et al., Hippokratia, vol. 15, no. 3, pp. 205–210, 2011.Not systematic review
Grazio and Balen, Acta Clinica Croatica, vol. 50, no. 4, pp. 513–530, 2011.Not systematic review
Trigkilidas, Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, vol. 92, no. 7, pp. 595–598, 2010.Narrative systematic review
Slattengren, Evidence-Based Practice, vol. 13, no. 3, p. 13, 2010.Not systematic review
Scott, Journal of the Acupuncture Association of Chartered Physiotherapists, no. 3, pp. 29–33, 2010.Not systematic review
Furlan et al., Evidence Report/Technology Assessment, no. 194, pp. 1–764, 2010.Duplicated systematic reviews
Berman et al., New England Journal of Medicine, vol. 363, no. 5, pp. 454–461, 2010.Not systematic review
Vickers and Maschino, Acupuncture in Medicine, vol. 27, no. 3, pp. 126-127, 2009.Not systematic review
Kelly, American Family Physician, vol. 80, no. 5, pp. 481–484, 2009.Not systematic review
Rooney, Internet Journal of Advanced Nursing Practice, vol. 9, no. 2, p. 6p, 2008.Not systematic review
Pennick and Young, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, no. 2, Article ID CD001139, 2007.No separate data of acupuncture for back pain
Luijsterburg et al., European Spine Journal, vol. 16, no. 7, pp. 881–899, 2007.Unavailable data of acupuncture
Shen et al., Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, vol. 14, no. 8, pp. 477–487, 2006.Not systematic review
Spearing et al., APLAR Journal of Rheumatology, vol. 8, no. 1, pp. 5–15, 2005.Not systematic review
Luo and Luo, Journal of Clinical Acupuncture and Moxibustion, vol. 21, no. 6, pp. 10–14, 2005.Insufficient data to judge study types
Liu, Chinese Journal of Clinical Rehabilitation, vol. 9, no. 18, pp. 195–197, 2005.Not systematic review
Linde et al., Forschende Komplementarmedizin und Klassische Naturheilkunde, vol. 12, no. 4, pp. 225–227, 2005.Commentary
Kluger and Bachmann, Deutsche Zeitschrift fur Akupunktur, vol. 48, no. 4, pp. 37–39, 2005.Commentary
Furlan et al., Spine, vol. 30, no. 8, pp. 944–963, 2005.Duplicated systematic reviews
Caroli et al., Geriatric and Medical Intelligence, vol. 14, no. 1, pp. 51–54, 2005.Not systematic review
Maher, Orthopedic Clinics of North America, vol. 35, no. 1, pp. 57–64, 2004.Not systematic review
Ernst, Best Practice & Research: Clinical Rheumatology, vol. 18, no. 4, pp. 539–556, 2004.Not systematic review
Ngu et al., Seminars in Spine Surgery, vol. 15, no. 4, pp. 384–392, 2003.Not systematic review
Hanada, Best Practice & Research: Clinical Rheumatology, vol. 17, no. 1, pp. 151–166, 2003. Not systematic review
Eshkevari, Journal of the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists, vol. 71, no. 5, pp. 361–370, 2003.Not systematic review
Abdulrazzaq et al., Emirates Medical Journal, vol. 21, no. 2, pp. 128–132, 2003.Not systematic review
Young and Jewell, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, no. 1, Article ID CD001139, 2002.No separate data of acupuncture for back pain
He and Ding, Chinese Journal of Clinical Rehabilitation, vol. 6, no. 14, pp. 2034-2035, 2002.Not systematic review
Smith-Fassler and Lopez-Bushnell, Holistic Nursing Practice, vol. 15, no. 3, pp. 35–44, 2001.Not systematic review
Haigh, Reviews in Clinical Gerontology, vol. 11, no. 3, pp. 277–283, 2001.Not systematic review
van Tulder et al., Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, no. 2, Article ID CD001351, 2000.Updated Cochrane review available
Smith et al., Pain, vol. 86, no. 1-2, pp. 119–132, 2000.Narrative systematic review
van Tulder and Irnich, Forschende Komplementarmedizin, vol. 6, no. 3, pp. 154–157, 1999.Commentary
van Tulder et al., Spine, vol. 24, no. 11, pp. 1113–1123, 1999.Duplicated systematic reviews
Strauss, Chiropractic Journal of Australia, vol. 29, no. 3, pp. 112–118, 1999.Narrative systematic review
Longworth and McCarthy, Acupuncture in Medicine, vol. 16, no. 1, pp. 18–31, 1998.Not systematic review
Ernst, Fortschritte der Medizin, vol. 116, no. 1-2, pp. 20–26, 1998.Not systematic review
Longworth and McCarthy, Journal of Alternative & Complementary Medicine, vol. 3, no. 1, pp. 55–76, 1997.Not systematic review
Birch et al., Journal of Alternative & Complementary Medicine, vol. 2, no. 1, pp. 101–124, 1996. Not systematic review
Ernst and Fialka, Fortschritte der Medizin, vol. 111, no. 27, pp. 420–422, 1993.Not systematic review
Tan et al., Baillière’s Clinical Rheumatology, vol. 6, no. 3, pp. 629–655, 1992.Not systematic review
Ceniceros, Journal of Neurological and Orthopaedic Medicine and Surgery, vol. 13, no. 4, pp. 263–266, 1992.Not systematic review
Chen, American Journal of Acupuncture, vol. 18, no. 4, pp. 305–323, 1990.Not systematic review