有Check for updatesReceived:3 February 2023 Accepted:22 March2023D0k101111jebm12530GUIDELINEWILEYTraditional Chinese medicine for frozen shoulder:An evidence-based guidelineXiaokuan Qin1I Kai Sun1 I Yingfang Ao2 I Jianping Liu3 I Mei Wang4 IQiang Deng5 I Weihong Zhong5 I Jun liu7 I Shaoqiu Sun3 I Xiangdi Liu?IBin Shi10 I Xuefeng Guan11 Shuangqing Du12 Jun Zou13 Chengliang Wu14 IFeng Chen15 I Yigong Fang16 I Xiaoyan Nie17 I Wen Mo18 I Jiayi Guo19 IYili Zhang20 I Yan Dong21 I Xu Wei4 Liguo Zhu1Departmentof Spine,Wangjing Hospital China Academy of Chinese MedicalSciences,Beijing.China2Beijing Key Laboratory of Sports Injuries,Institute of Sports Medicine,Peking University Third Hospital.Beijing.ChinaCentre for Evidence-Based Chinese Medicine,Beijing University of Chinese Medicine.Beijing.ChinaDepartmentof ScientificResearch.Wangjing Hospital.China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences,Beijing.ChinaDepartmentof Spine,Gansu Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine,Lanzhou,ChinaPhysicalTherapy Department,Rehabilitation Hospital Affiliatedto Fujian University of TraditionalChinese Medicine.Fuzhou,China7Departmentof OrthopedicsGuangdong Second TraditionalChinese Medicine.Guangzhou,ChinaDepartmentofOrthopedics,Hunan Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine.Changsha.ChinaSchool of Nursing.Beijing University of Chinese Medicine,Beijing.Chinaics,Neck-Shoulderand Lumbocrural Pain HospitalAffiliated to Shandong First Medical University.Jinan,ChinaParty and Government Office,LiaoningUniversity of TraditionalChinese Medicine.Shenyang.China1Departmentof Bone Injury.HebeiHospital ofTraditional Chinese Medicine,Hebei University of Traditional Chinese Medicine,Shijiazhuang.Chinaghai University of Sport,Shanghai,Chinamatology.TherstAffilted Hospital of Zhejiang Chinese MedicalUniversity.Hangzhou China15Guangxi Scientific Experimental Center of Traditional Chinese Medicine.GuangxiUniversity of Chinese Medicine,Nanning.ChinaInstitute of Acupuncture and Moxibustion.China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences,Beijing.China17School of Pharmaceutical Sciences,Peking University.Beijing.ChinaDepartmentofOrthopedics and Traumatology.Longhua Hospital.Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine.ShanghaiChinaRehabilitation Therapy Center,Luoyang OrthopedicHospitalof Henan Province.Orthopedic Hospital of Henan Province,Luoyang.Chinachool of Traditional Chinese Medicine and School of Integrated ChineseandWestem Medicine.Nanjing Universityof Chinese Medicine.Nanjing.China2Institute of nformationon TraditionalChineseMedicine,China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences,Beijing.ChinaCorrespondenceXu Wei and Liguo Zhu,Wangjing Hospital.AbstractChina Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences,Beijing.China.Background:Frozen shoulder is a common disorder that can lead to long-lastingEmail:weixu.007@163.com:impairment in shoulder-related daily activities.Traditional Chinese medicine(TCM)tcmspine@163.comhas played an important role in the effort to manage frozen shoulder.Xiaokuan Qina