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| First author | Year | Sample size (E/C) | Experimental interventions | Control interventions | Frequency of acupuncture | Duration of acupuncture | Outcomes |
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| Yu (1) [23] | 1999 | 30 in each group/30 in each group | Acupuncture; acupuncture + RICE(ice pack) + dimethyl sulfoxide | RICE(ice pack); dimethyl sulfoxide | Twice a day | 7 days | Effective rate |
| Yu (2) [24] | 1999 | 50 in each group/50 | Acupuncture; acupuncture + dimethyl sulfoxide | Dimethyl sulfoxide | Not reported | 7 days | Effective rate |
| Jiao and Wang [25] | 2004 | 48/48 | Acupuncture + Chinese medicine (shujin huoxue pill + jiejing zhitong tincture) | Chinese medicine (shujin huoxue pill + jiejing zhitong tincture) | Once a day | 7 days | Effective rate, cure rate |
| Wang [26] | 2005 | 27/30 | Acupuncture | Infrared radiation | Once a day | 5 days | Effective rate, cure rate |
| Hao and Wang [27] | 2006 | 63/63 | Acupuncture + Chinese medicine (herbs) | Chinese medicine (herbs) | Once two days | 7 days | Effective rate, cure rate |
| Wu [28] | 2007 | 31/30 | Acupuncture | No treatment | Once a day | 5 days | Effective rate, cure rate, VAS |
| Ni and Li [29] | 2010 | 64/59 | Acupuncture | Ice and hot pack + Chinese medicine | Once a day | 3 days | Effective rate, cure rate |
| Sun and Ju [30] | 2011 | 41/41 | Acupuncture | RICE (elastoplast) | Once a day | 14 days | Effective rate, cure rate, duration of pain |
| Zhang and Zhang [31] | 2011 | 90/70 | Acupuncture + Chinese medicine (qili powder) | Chinese medicine (qili powder) | Once a day | 10 days | Effective rate, cure rate |
| Suo [10] | 2014 | 36/35 | Acupuncture + Chinese medicine (yunnan baiyao tincture) | Chinese medicine (yunnan baiyao tincture) | Not reported | Not reported | Effective rate, cure rate |
| Du [11] | 2014 | 20 in each group/20 | Acupuncture; acupuncture + massage | Massage | Once a day | 3 days | Effective rate, cure rate |
| Li [12] | 2016 | 30/30 | Acupuncture | RICE | Once a day | 7 days | VAS, Kofoed ankle score, ankle circumference |
| Zou [13] | 2016 | 20/20 | Acupuncture + Chinese medicine (sunshang emplastrum) | Chinese medicine (sunshang emplastrum) | Once two days | 7 days | VAS, effective rate, cure rate |
| Pei and Wei [14] | 2017 | 35/35 | Acupuncture + RICE | RICE | Not reported | 14 days | Effective rate, cure rate |
| Wu and Chen [15] | 2017 | 42/40 | Acupuncture + massage | Massage | Once two days | 14 days | VAS, ankle circumference, use of painkiller |
| Wu [16] | 2018 | 45/45 | Acupuncture + RICE (plaster immobilization) | RICE (plaster immobilization) | Once two days | 21 days | Effective rate, cure rate, VAS |
| Li [17] | 2018 | 40/40 | Acupuncture + Chinese medicine (shexiang zhuanggu emplastrum) | Chinese medicine (shexiang zhuanggu emplastrum) | Once a day | 10 days | Effective rate, cure rate, duration of pain |
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