Study, 2005
Does acupuncture treat premenstrual syndrome?
This is a protocol describing a planned systematic review of acupuncture for PMS. No results are reported because the review has not yet been completed.
What they did
Outlines a plan for a systematic review that will evaluate acupuncture or electroacupuncture for PMS. The plan describes how researchers will find and compare studies testing acupuncture against sham acupuncture, no treatment, or other treatments.
What they found
This is a protocol, not a completed review, so no findings are reported yet.
What it means for you
When this systematic review is completed, it will help answer whether acupuncture works better than fake acupuncture or other treatments for PMS. Right now the review is not finished, so we cannot conclude whether acupuncture is effective. Once completed, a systematic review provides stronger evidence than looking at individual studies alone.
About the study
- Original title
- Acupuncture for premenstrual syndrome
- Authors
- Jinna Yu, Baoyan Liu, Zhishun Liu et al.
- Journal
- Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
- Year
- 2005
- Study design
- Study
- What was tested
- Acupuncture and electroacupuncture
- Read the paper
- doi.org/10.1002/14651858.cd005290
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