News articles, blog posts and e-mails often lack a systematic reference list that could be used to make a citation index.
Additional studies were identified from previous systematic reviews, reference lists of included papers, and handsearching of the two peer-reviewed telemedicine publications.
Crosschecking of existing systematic review reference lists revealed no further relevant articles (Vallbohmer and Lenz, 2006; Ong et al, 2010; Chan et al, 2012; Chen et al, 2012, 2013; Peng et al, 2013; Gowryshankar et al, 2014).
Data Sources: Medline from 1966 to 2001, personal files, 2 prior systematic reviews, and reference lists of selected articles.
Literature was identified by a search in PubMed and OVID, as well as by obtaining relevant studies from a systematic review of reference lists.
In spite of the extensive research on acupuncture mechanisms, no comprehensive and systematic peer-reviewed reference list of the stratified anatomical and the neuroanatomical features of all 361 acupuncture points exists.
Existing systematic reviews and reference lists were also checked for any potentially relevant additional studies.
Existing systematic reviews and reference lists were crosschecked for studies missed by the search term.
Data sources Published and unpublished reports (after 1990) in English identified by searching 10 databases (Agris, Econlit, Eldis, IBSS, IDEAS, IFPRI, Jolis, PubMed, Web of Science, and World Bank), websites, previous systematic reviews, and reference lists and by contacting experts.
Each condition was considered with regard to the available scientific evidence, such as systematic reviews of reference lists (including Med Line PubMed and others); books; Internet searches; professional guidelines; clinical evidence; and cost/economic evidence and modeling surrounding each of the criterion.
In the second tier of these analyses, the evidence base related to each condition was assessed in depth (e.g., via systematic reviews of reference lists including Med Line PubMed and others; books; Internet searches; professional guidelines; clinical evidence; and cost/economic evidence and modeling).
