[Retracted] Timing of Acupuncture Treatment in Peripheral Facial Paralysis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Table 1
Search strategy for each database.
Database
Search strategy
PubMed
#1 “acupuncture” [MeSH terms] OR “acupuncture” [all fields] #2 “electroacupuncture” [MeSH terms] OR “moxibustion” [all fields] OR “moxibustion” [MeSH terms] #3 “peripheral facial paralysis” [MeSH terms] OR “peripheral facial paralysis” [all fields] #4 “paralyses, facial” [all fields] OR “paralysis, facial” [all fields] OR “facial palsy” [all fields] OR “facial palsies” [all fields] OR “facial palsy, lower motor neuron” [all fields] OR “lower motor neuron facial palsy” [all fields] #5 “acute phase” [all fields] OR “acute” [all fields] #6 #1 or #2 #7 #3 or #4 #8 #5 and #6 and #7
EMBASE
#1. “acupuncture”/exp OR “acupuncture” OR “moxibustion”/exp OR “moxibustion” #2. “peripheral facial paralysis” OR “lower motor neuron facial palsy” OR “bell palsy” #3. “acute” OR “acute stage” OR “acute phase” #4. #1 AND #2 AND #3
Cochrane Library
#1 acupuncture (word variations have been searched) #2 moxibustion (word variations have been searched) #3 peripheral facial paralysis (word variations have been searched) #4 lower motor neuron facial palsy (word variations have been searched) #5 acute phase (word variations have been searched) #6 acute stage (word variations have been searched) #7 #1 OR #2 #8 #3 OR #4 #9 #5 OR #6 #10 #7 AND #8 #11 #10 AND #9
Wanfang
#1 acupuncture or acupuncture therapy #2 peripheral facial paralysis or Bell’s facial paralysis #3 acute or early
CNKI
#1 acupuncture or acupuncture therapy #2 peripheral facial paralysis or Bell’s facial paralysis #3 acute or early
