Quality of Evidence Supporting the Role of Acupuncture for the Treatment of Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Table 1
Search strategy for the PubMed database.
Query
Search term
#1
Irritable bowel syndrome [Mesh]
#2
Irritable bowel syndrome [Title/abstract] OR irritable colon syndrome [Title/abstract] OR irritable colon [Title/abstract] OR gastrointestinal syndrome [Title/abstract] OR colon spasm [Title/abstract] OR allergic colitis [Title/abstract] OR colon allergy [Title/abstract] OR IBS [Title/abstract]
#3
#1 OR #2
#4
Acupuncture [Mesh]
#5
Acupuncture [title/abstract] OR pharmacoacupuncture [title/abstract] OR acupotomy [title/abstract] OR acupotomies [title/abstract] OR pharmacopuncture [title/abstract] OR needle [title/abstract] OR needling [title/abstract] OR dry-needling [title/abstract] OR body-acupuncture [title/abstract] OR electroacupuncture [title/abstract] OR electro-acupuncture [title/abstract] OR auricular acupuncture [title/abstract] OR warm needle [title/abstract]
#6
#4 OR #5
#7
Meta-analysis as topic [mesh]
#8
Systematic review [title/abstract] OR meta-analysis [title/abstract] OR meta-analyses [title/abstract]
