title: [Medical indications for acupuncture: Systematic review].
abstract: Acupuncture is a medical procedure with a very wide range of indications according to the WHO. However the indications require robust scientific evidence to support them. We have conducted a systematic review (2010-2015) in order to define in which pathologies acupuncture can be an effective strategy, STRICTA criteria that aim to set up acupuncture clinical trials standard criteria were defined in 2010. Only systematic reviews and meta-analyses of good or very good methodological quality according to SIGN criteria were selected. Its main objective was to evaluate the effectiveness of acupuncture in the management of any disease. Most of the final 31 selected reviews focus on chronic pain-related diseases, mainly in the disciplines of Neurology, Orthopaedics and Rheumatology. Current evidence supports the use of acupuncture in the treatment of headaches, migraines, back pain, cervical pain and osteoarthritis. The remaining pathologies still require further good quality studies.
authors.affiliation: Unidad de Acupuntura, Servicio de Reumatología, Centro Médico Teknon, Barcelona, España. Electronic address: juanmunozortego@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Juan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Muñoz-Ortego
authors.affiliation: Agència de Qualitat i Avaluació Sanitàries de Catalunya, Barcelona, España.
authors.forename: Maite
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Solans-Domènech
authors.affiliation: Agència de Qualitat i Avaluació Sanitàries de Catalunya, Barcelona, España; TransLab Research Group, Department de Ciències Mèdiques, Universitat de Girona, Girona, España.
authors.forename: Carme
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Carrion
mesh_terms: D015670:Acupuncture Therapy; D059350:Chronic Pain / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D016896:Treatment Outcome
keywords: Acupuncture; Acupuncture therapy; Acupuntura; Revisión sistemática; Systematic review; Terapia con acupuntura