The effectiveness of different types of acupuncture to reduce symptoms and disability for patients with orofacial pain. A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Norazlin MohamadAna Izabela Sobral de Oliveira-SouzaEster Moreira de Castro CarlettiFrauke MüggenborgLiz DennettMargaret L McNeelySusan Armijo-Olivo

Published in: Disability and rehabilitation (2024)

The overall results in this review should be interpreted with caution as there was a high risk of bias across the majority of randomized controlled trial (RCTs), and the overall certainty of the evidence was very low. Therefore, future studies with high-quality RCTs are warranted evaluating the use of acupuncture in patients with orofacial pain.

Keyphrases

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systematic review
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