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| Condition | Intervention | Acupoints | Comparison | Primary outcomes measure | Effective rate/result/conclusion | Reference |
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| Ankle sprain | Acupuncture plus tendon-regulation manipulation | Xiaojie | Tendon-regulation manipulation | Symptom score such as swelling, motor dysfunction, and total score | 100% | [8] |
| Acute closed Achilles tendon rupture | Contralateral acupuncture plus rehabilitation training | ST36, GB34, BL57, and KI3 | Rehabilitation training | PFPT, PT/BW, and TW | 94.6% | [9] |
| Nonfracture ankle injury | Acupuncture and massage plus routine therapy | ST41, GB40, GB39, SP5, and KI3 | Routine therapy: anti-infection and pain relief | Motor dysfunction score | 96.08% | [10] |
| Nonfracture ankle injury | Acupuncture and massage plus routine therapy | PC7, GB40, Ashi points, GB34, and GB39 | Routine therapy: eat painkillers or undergo surgery | Symptom score: swelling and pain | 96.7% | [11] |
| Chronic Achilles tendinopathy | Acupuncture | Ashi points | Eccentric exercises | VISA-A and VAS | Acupuncture improved pain and activity compared with eccentric exercises | [12] |
| Shoulder impingement syndrome | Acupuncture | LI15, LI16, SJ14, and SI9 | Acupuncture at sham points | VAS and UCLA questionnaire | Acupuncture is a safe, reliable technique to achieve significant results | [13] |
| Chronic shoulder pain | Acupuncture (verum) | Ashi points; local and distal points according to the channel and the pain | Sham acupuncture (sham); conventional conservative orthopaedic treatment (COT) | The 50% responder rate for pain was measured on a VAS | Results were significant for verum over sham and verum over COT | [14] |
| Chronic shoulder pain | Trigger point acupuncture (TrP) | Myofascial trigger point in neck and superior limb | Sham (SH) acupuncture | Pain intensity (VAS) and shoulder function (constant-Murley score: CMS) | Compared with SH, TrP appears more effective | [15] |
| Chronic shoulder pain | Contralateral manual acupuncture (MA) | SJ3, SI3, LI11, and ST38 | Conventional orthopaedic therapy | VAS | Contralateral acupuncture is beneficial | [16] |
| Chronic plantar fasciitis | EA plus conventional treatments | Ashi points | Conventional treatments: stretching exercise, shoe modification, and rescue analgesics | VAS and foot function index (FFI) | Patients in the EA group obtained higher success rates than those in the control group (80%,13.3%, resp.) | [17] |
| Chronic temporomandibular disorder (TMD) | Laser acupuncture plus reversible occlusal splint therapy (EG) | ST6, SI19, GB20, GB43, LI4, and LR3 | Placebo laser associated with occlusal splint therapy (CG) | VAS | Laser acupuncture is effective, secure, and noninvasive | [18] |
| Low back pain in athletes | EA | ST36, BL25, GB30, BL40, and GB34 | Sham EA; pharmacological treatment (diclofenac sodium) | Pain score (VAS) and a serum level of catecholamines quantified by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay | EA relieves pain, ameliorates inflammation, and protects muscle tissue | [19] |
| Tennis elbow | Needle knife (A) | Ashi points | Trigger point injection (B); A plus B (C) | MPQ and VAS | Group A has the same curative effect as group C, both better than group B | [20] |
| Supraspinatus tendinitis | EA plus extracorporeal shock wave | GB21, SI12, LI14, SI10, LI15, SJ14, SI9, and Ashi points | Extracorporeal shock wave | VAS | 94.74% | [21] |
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