Review Article

Acupuncture for Primary Dysmenorrhea: An Overview of Systematic Reviews

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CitationReason for exclusion

Armour M, Smith CA. Treating primary dysmenorrhoea with acupuncture: a narrative review of the relationship between acupuncture “dose” and menstrual pain outcomes. Acupuncture in Medicine;34(6):416-24Not SR
Wang S X, Li Y H, Yin L L. [Advances of studies on treatment of dysmenorrhea with acupoint application][J]. Chinese Acupuncture & Moxibustion, 2005, 25(4):293-295.Not SR
Yu S, Yang J, Yang M, et al. Application of acupoints and meridians for the treatment of primary dysmenorrhea: a data mining-based literature study[J]. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine,2015,(2015-2-24), 2015, 2015(8):752194.Not SR
Zhao L, Li P. A survey of acupuncture treatment for primary dysmenorrhea. Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine 2009;29(1):71-76Not SR
Song JS, Chen YR, She YF, et al. [Survey on the evaluation indices of acupuncture clinical trials for primary dysmenorrhea in recent 10 years]. Zhongguo Zhenjiu;32(2):187-90Not SR
Ai-ling, MA Rui-ping, XIAO Wan, et al. Effects of Associated Simple Acupuncture Therapy in the Treatment of Primary Dysmenorrhea: a Systematic Review[J]. J Int Obstet Gynecol, 2014(4):453-458.Not just acupuncture therapy
CHEN Wen, YU Haihong, LIU Shihong, et al. Systematic Review of Acupuncture Treatment of Primary Dysmenorrhea[J]. CHINESE ARCHIVES OF TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE, 2013(2):321-325.Not just acupuncture therapy
Huan Yang, Systematic review of clinical trials of acupuncture related therapies for primary dysmenorrhea[D]. Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, 2008.Not just acupuncture therapy
Fan Y, Li L, Gong S. Warming acu-moxibustion and moxibustion for primary dysmenorrhea: a systematic review[J]. Chinese Evidence-Based Nursing, 2017.Not just acupuncture therapy
刘甜, 华, ,. 针灸治疗原发性痛经的 Meta 分析[J]. 南中医杂志, 2016, 32(1):143-146.Not just acupuncture therapy
Kannan P, Claydon LS. Some physiotherapy treatments may relieve menstrual pain in women with primary dysmenorrhea: a systematic review. Journal of physiotherapy;60(1):13-21Not just acupuncture therapy
Proctor ML, Smith CA, Farquhar CM, et al. Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation and acupuncture for primary dysmenorrhea. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (1):CD002123Not just acupuncture therapy
Xu T, Hui L, Juan Y L, et al. Effects of moxibustion or acupoint therapy for the treatment of primary dysmenorrhea: a meta-analysis.[J]. Alternative Therapies in Health & Medicine, 2014, 20(4):33.Not just acupuncture therapy
Mojay G. Healing the jade pool—the phyto-aromatic and acupressure treatment of dysmenorrhoea and menopausal syndrome: an East–West approach[J]. International Journal of Aromatherapy, 2002, 12(3):131-141.Not just acupuncture therapy
Proctor M, Farquhar C, Stones W, et al. Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation for primary dysmenorrhoea[M]// The Cochrane Library. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, 2002:CD002123.Not just acupuncture therapy
Xu Y, Zhao W, Li T, et al. Effects of acupoint-stimulation for the treatment of primary dysmenorrhoea compared with NSAIDs: A systematic review and meta-analysis of 19 RCTs. BMC complementary and alternative medicine 2017;17(1)Not just acupuncture therapy
Smith CA, Armour M, Zhu X, et al. Acupuncture for dysmenorrhoea. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2016;4:CD007854Not just acupuncture therapy
Chung YC, Chen HH, Yeh ML. Acupoint stimulation intervention for people with primary dysmenorrhea: Systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized trials. Complementary therapies in medicine 2012;20(5):353-63Not just acupuncture therapy
Smith CA, Zhu X, He L, et al. Acupuncture for primary dysmenorrhoea. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2011(1):CD007854Not just acupuncture therapy
Yang H, Liu CZ, Chen X, et al. Systematic review of clinical trials of acupuncture-related therapies for primary dysmenorrhea. Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica 2008;87(11):1114-22Not just acupuncture therapy
Yubin Quan, Chen Lin. A Meta-Analysis of clinical efficacy of acupuncture on dysmenorrhea [J]. clinical Journal of Chinese Medicine, 2016, 8(1):27-28.Not just primary dysmenorrhea
HUANG Shimin, CHEN Sida, LONG Yongling, et al. Systematic eview of Abdominal Acupuncture Treatment for Dysmenorrheal, Modern Hospital Dec, 2016, 16(12):1724-1730.Not just primary dysmenorrhea
Gholami Z. The primary dysmenorrhea and complementary medicine in Iran: A systematic review. International Journal of Fertility and Sterility 2015;9:109 doi: 10.22074/ijfs.2015.4697Not acupuncture therapy
LIN Han-mei, ZENG Qian-ru, LIU Dan-qing, et al. Meta Analysis of Primary Dysmenorrhea Treated by Acupuncture[J]. HENAN TADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE, 2015, 35(4):862-865.Inclusion of non-RCT systematic reviews
Ghiasi A, Keramat A, Mollaahmadi L, et al. The effect of acupressure at the sanyinjiao (Sp6) point on relief of primary dysmenorrhea: A systematic review of clinical trials. Iranian Journal of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Infertility 2017;19(40):55-68Inclusion of non-RCT systematic reviews
Abaraogu UO, Igwe SE, Tabansi-Ochiogu CS. Effectiveness of SP6 (Sanyinjiao) acupressure for relief of primary dysmenorrhea symptoms: A systematic review with meta- and sensitivity analyses. Complementary therapies in clinical practice;25:92-105Inclusion of non-RCT systematic reviews
Yang H, Liu CZ, Chen X, et al. Systematic review of clinical trials of acupuncture-related therapies for primary dysmenorrhea. Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica 2008;87(11):1114-22Inclusion of non-RCT systematic reviews
Abaraogu U O, Tabansiochuogu C S. As Acupressure Decreases Pain, Acupuncture May Improve Some Aspects of Quality of Life for Women with Primary Dysmenorrhea: A Systematic Review with Meta-Analysis.[J]. Journal of Acupuncture & Meridian Studies, 2015, 8(5):220.Inclusion of non-RCT systematic reviews
Huang Yijing. Meta-analysis of Treatment Effect of Catgut-embedding in Curing Primary Dysmenorrheal[D]. Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, 2015.Compared different forms of acupuncture
Yafeng Wang. Acupuncture at Sanyinjiao (SP6) for the Treatment of Primary Dysmenorrhea: A Meta-Analysis [A]. Beijing University of Chinese Medicine (BUCM), China Association for Acupuncture and Moxibustion (CAAM), 2016:2.Compared different forms of acupuncture
LI Ge, SI Jinhua, ZHAO Chen, et al. Network meta-analysis on clinical effects of acupuncture in treatment of primary dysmenorrhea[J]. CHINESE JOURNAL OF EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE, 2017(10):1212-1223.Compared different forms of acupuncture
Sun J, Wang Y, Zhang Z, et al. [Efficacy of filiform needle manipulation on primary dysmenorrhea:a systematic review]. Zhongguo Zhenjiu 2017;37(8):887-92Compared different forms of acupuncture
Wang Y, Sun J, Zhang Z, et al. [Impact of deqi on acupoint effects in patients with primary dysmenorrhea:a systematic review of randomized controlled trials]. Zhongguo Zhenjiu 2017;37(7):791-97Compared different forms of acupuncture

Full-text articles excluded(n=33)
Not SR (n = 5)
Not just acupuncture therapy (n = 15)
Not just primary dysmenorrhea (n = 2)
Not acupuncture therapy (n = 1)
Inclusion of non-RCT systematic reviews(n = 5)
Compared different forms of acupuncture (n = 5)