Effect of Acupuncture on Heart Rate Variability: A Systematic Review

<table class="table-group" id="tab2"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td align="left">Component</td><td align="left">Criteria</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td align="left">Participant</td><td align="left">Adults (aged ≥18) were treated with needle acupuncture with or without electric stimulation</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Intervention</td><td align="left">Trials employed acupuncture as the sole treatment</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Comparator</td><td align="left">Trials compared needle acupuncture with any type of sham acupuncture or no treatment (control)</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Outcome measures</td><td align="left">Trials used spectral analysis of HRV as the outcome measure</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="2"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

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Table 2: Effect of Acupuncture on Heart Rate Variability: A Systematic Review 