Review Article
A Literature Review of Women’s Sex Hormone Changes by Acupuncture Treatment: Analysis of Human and Animal Studies
Table 1
Quality assessment of studies included.
| Author | Year | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Q5 | Q6 | Q7 | Q8 | Score |
| Maliqueo et al. | 2015 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | | 7 | Johansson et al. | 2013 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 8 | Feng et al. | 2012 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | | 7 | Pastore et al. | 2011 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 8 | Stener-Victorin et al. | 2000 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | | 7 | Ma et al. | 2017 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 8 | Qin et al. | 2013 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 8 | Yao et al. | 2007 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | | 7 | Zhao et al. | 2004 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | | 7 | Zhao et al. | 2003 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | | 7 | Sunay et al. | 2011 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 8 | Qu et al. | 2007 | | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | | 6 | Dong et al. | 2001 | | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | | 6 | Wang et al. | 2016 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 8 | Xiong et al. | 2015 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 8 | Zhou et al. | 2013 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 8 | Magarelli et al. | 2009 | ✓ | | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | | | 5 | Zhang et al. | 2007 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | | 7 | Gaudernack et al. | 2006 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | | 7 | Yang et al. | 2006 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | | 7 | Yang et al. | 2006 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | | 7 | Uvnäs-Moberg et al. | 1993 | ✓ | | | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | | 5 | Zheng et al. | 2013 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 8 |
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