Review Article

Acupotomy Therapy for Chronic Nonspecific Neck Pain: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

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Search strategy for PubMed.

NumberSearch terms

1Mesh term: ((acupotomy) or (acupotome) or (needle knife) or (needle scalpel)): ti, ab, kw
2Mesh terms: ((chronic non-specific neck pain) or (neck pain) or (neck syndrome) or (cervical spondylosis) or (cervical spine) or (cervical disc) or (cervical radiculopathy) or (cervical spondylopathy)): ti, ab, kw
3Mesh terms: ((clinical trials) or (random control trials))
41 and 2 and 3