Acupuncture and dry needling for physical therapy of scar: a systematic review

Table 2 Eight case reports on the effectiveness of dry needling or acupuncture for scar treatment - assessed using the Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI) appraisal tools

References	1. Were patient’s demographic characteristics clearly described	2. Was the patient’s history clearly described and presented as a timeline	3. Was the current clinical condition of the patient on presentation clearly described	4. Were diagnostic tests or assessment methods and the results clearly described	5. Was the intervention(s) or treatment procedure(s) clearly described	6. Was the post-intervention clinical condition clearly described	7. Were adverse events (harms) or unanticipated events identified and described	8. Does the case report provide takeaway lessons?	*ST
Anderson 2014 [14]	yes	yes	yes	yes	no	yes	no	yes	6
Hunter 2011 [15]	no	no	no	no	yes	yes	no	no	2
Bintoro and Helianthi 2022 [22]	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	no	yes	no	6
Das and Khan 2019 [23]	yes	yes	yes	yes	no	no	no	no	4
Fang 2014 [24]	yes	no	yes	yes	yes	no	no	yes	5
Huang 2020 [25]	yes	yes	yes	yes	no	yes	yes	yes	7
Tuck 2015 [26]	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	no	yes	7
Tuckey 2022 [27]	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	8

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