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Table 2 Appraisal of acupuncture, acupressure and moxibustion procedure based on the Revised STRICTA (2010)

1st author, year	Acupuncture rationale	Details of needling or acupressure							Treat-ment regimen	Other components of treatment		Practitioner background	Control or comparator interventions
		No. of needle insertions	Points used	Depth of insertion	Responses sought	Needle stimulation	Needle/pressure retention time	Needle or wristband type		Other interventions administered to the acupuncture group	Setting and context
Acupressure finger
Dundee 1988	TCM	NA	R	NA	NR	NA	R	NA	R	NR	NR	NR	R
Belluomini 1994	TCM	NA	R	NA	NR	NA	R	NA	R	NR	NR	NR	R
Shin2007	TCM	NA	R	NA	NR	NA	R	NA	R	R	R	NR	R
Rad 2012	TCM	NA	R^a	NA	R	NA	R	NA	R	R	R	R	R
Jiang 2012	TCM	NA	R^a	NA	R	NA	R	NA	R	R	R	NR	R
Acupressure band
O’Brien 1996	TCM	NA	R^a	NA	NR	NA	R	R	R	NR	NR	NR	R
Norheim 2001	TCM	NA	R^a	NA	NR	NA	R	R	R	NR	NR	NR	R
Steele 2001	TCM	NA	R^a	NA	NR	NA	R	R	R	NR	NR	NR	R
Werntoft 2001	TCM	NA	R	NA	NR	NA	R	R	R	NR	NR	NR	R
Heazell 2006	TCM	NA	R^a	NA	NR	NA	R	R	R	R	R	NR	R
Jamigorn 2007	TCM	NA	R	NA	NR	NA	R	R	R	R	R	NR	R
Can Gurkan 2008	TCM	NA	R^a	NA	NR	NA	R	R	R	NR	NR	NR	R
Saberi 2013	TCM	NA	R^a	NA	NR	NA	R	R	R	R	R	NR	R
Acupuncture
Knight 2001	TCM	R	R^a	R	R	R	R	R	R	NR	NR	NR	R
Smith 2002	TCM	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	NR	NR	NR	R
Neri 2005	TCM	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	NR	R
Zhang 2005	TCM	R	R	NR	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	NR	R
Liu 2007	TCM	R	R	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	R	R	R	NR	R
Wang 2008	TCM	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	NR	NR	NR	R
Mao 2009	TCM	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	NR	R
Liu 2011	TCM	R	R	NR	R	NR	R	R	R	NR	NR	NR	R
Ma 2013	TCM	R	R	R	NR	NR	R	R	R	R	R	NR	R
Auricular acupressure
Ou 2001	TCM	NA	R	NA	NR	NR	NR	NA	R	NR	NR	NR	R
Puangsricharern 2008	TCM	NA	R^a	NA	NR	NR	R	R	R	R	NR	NR	R
Li 2010	TCM	R	R	NR	NR	NR	R	R	R	R	R	NR	R
Liu 2012	TCM	NA	R^a	NA	R	NA	R	R	R	R	NR	NR	R
Moxa
Fan 1995	TCM	NA	R	NA	R	NR	R	NR	R	NR	NR	NR	R
Xu 2009	TCM	NA	R	NA	R	NR	R	NR	R	R	R	NR	R
Lu 2012	TCM	NA	R	NA	NR	NR	R	NR	R	R	R	NR	R

TCM acupoint selection based on Traditional Chinese Medicine Theory, NA not applicable, R reported, NR not reported, R^a reported and mentioned if unilateral or bilateral
MacPherson H, Altman DG, Hammerschlag R, Youping L, Taixiang W, White A, Moher D; STRICTA Revision Group. Revised STandards for Reporting Interventions in Clinical Trials of Acupuncture (STRICTA): extending the CONSORT statement. PLoS Med. 2010 Jun 8;7(6):e1000261

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