• Jeong-Weon Heo, Jeong-Hun Jo, Jung-Ju Lee, Hee Kang, Tae-Young Choi, Myeong-Soo Lee, and Jong-In Kim.
• Department of Clinical Korean Medicine, Graduate School, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
• Medicine (Baltimore). 2021 Dec 23; 100 (51): e28179e28179.

BackgroundElectroacupuncture has been reported to successfully control pain. Currently, no systematic reviews of the effects of electroacupuncture on frozen shoulder patients have been performed. This review aims to provide current evidence on the efficacy of electroacupuncture for the management of pain in frozen shoulder.Methods And AnalysesEleven databases will be searched from their inception: PubMed, AMED, EMBASE, the Cochrane Library, 6 Korean medical databases, and 1 Chinese medical database. Study selection, data extraction, and assessment will be performed independently by 2 researchers. Risk of bias will be assessed using the Cochrane risk of bias assessment tool.Ethics And DisseminationEthical approvals and patient consent are not required because the meta-analysis will be based on published research. This systematic review will be published in a peer-reviewed journal and disseminated both electronically and in print. The review will be updated to inform and guide health care practice and policy.Trial Registration NumberPROSPERO 2021 CRD42021247090.Copyright © 2021 the Author(s). Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc.

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