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Rheumatology 2003; 42: 1271-1272
© 2003 British Society for Rheumatology

Letter to the Editor

Pitfalls in conducting systematic reviews of acupuncture

A. White and E. Ernst

Peninsula Medical School, Universities of Exeter and Plymouth, Exeter, UK

Correspondence to: A. White, Complementary Medicine, Institute of Health and Social Care Research, Peninsula Medical School, 25 Victoria Park Road, Exeter EX2 4NT, UK. E-mail: Adrian.White@pms.ac.uk

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SIR, A recent article explored some of the problems in acupuncture research, particularly how such research can mislead an ‘acupuncture-naïve reader’ [1]. The authors base their article very much on our early review of acupuncture for neck pain [2]. They are to be congratulated for highlighting some of the limitations of reviews. However, their article itself inadvertently illustrates some of their inherent difficulties.

First, basic terminology: even ‘acupuncture-naïve readers’ may be likely to understand . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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