REPORTING ITEMS FOR SYSTEMATIC REVIEWS AND META-ANALYSES OF ACUPUNCTURE: THE PRISMA FOR ACUPUNCTURE CHECKLIST

Abstract Background Acupuncture is widely used worldwide, and systematic reviews on acupuncture are increasingly being published.Although acupuncture systematic reviews share several essential elements with other systematic reviews, some essential information for the application of acupuncture is not covered by the Preferred Reporting Items for Sys