Intervention Protocol

Acupuncture for postherpetic neuralgia

  1. Peng Wang2,
  2. Jiping Zhao1,*,
  3. Taixiang Wu3

Editorial Group: Cochrane Neuromuscular Disease Group

Published Online: 15 APR 2009

Assessed as up-to-date: 8 NOV 2008

DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD007793

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Wang P, Zhao J, Wu T. Acupuncture for postherpetic neuralgia (Protocol). Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2009, Issue 2. Art. No.: CD007793. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD007793.

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  1. 1

    Dongzhimen Hospital affiliated to Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Acupuncture and Moxibustion Department, Beijing , China

  2. 2

    Dongzhimen Hospital affiliated to Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Acupuncture and Moxibustion Department, Beijing, China

  3. 3

    West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chinese Cochrane Centre, Chinese EBM Centre, Chengdu, Sichuan, China

*Jiping Zhao, Acupuncture and Moxibustion Department, Dongzhimen Hospital affiliated to Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, 5 Haiyuncang , Beijing , 1007000, China. zjp7883@sina.com.

Publication History

  1. Publication Status: New
  2. Published Online: 15 APR 2009

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This is the protocol for a review and there is no abstract. The objectives are as follows:

The objective of this systematic review is to assess whether acupuncture is more efficacious than no treatment, placebo or sham acupuncture, and whether acupuncture is more efficacious than routine Western drugs for PHN.

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