RT Journal Article T1 Author response to: Hardly traceable pitfalls in medical review articles. A1 Valencia-Chulian, Rafael A1 Heredia-Rizo, Alberto Marcos A1 Moral-Munoz, Jose A A1 Lucena-Anton, David A1 Luque-Moreno, Carlos K1 Dry Needling K1 Complementary Therapies K1 Medicine AB Conducting a systematic review. Should we based our scientific analysis on personal impressions? The present letter is in response to a letter to the editor entitled “Hardly traceable pitfalls in medical review articles”, recently published in Complementary Therapies in Medicine. In this letter,co-authors Olaf R. van Loon and A.J. van Loon discussed some allegedlypitfalls in our 2020 systematic review investigating the effects of dryneedling in people after stroke,2 review that the authors identified as theRVC study. PB Elsevier YR 2022 FD 2022-05-26 LK http://hdl.handle.net/10668/22149 UL http://hdl.handle.net/10668/22149 LA en NO Valencia-Chulián R, Heredia-Rizo AM, Moral-Munoz JA, Lucena-Anton D, Luque-Moreno C. Author response to: Hardly traceable pitfalls in medical review articles. Complement Ther Med. 2022 Sep;68:102844 DS RISalud RD Apr 17, 2025