The efficacy of acupuncture therapies in cervical spondylotic radiculopathy: A network meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To evaluate the efficacy of acupuncture-related therapy in the Bayesian setting by means of a network Meta-analysis.

Methods

Relevant clinical randomized controlled trials(RCTs) of acupuncture-related therapy for Cervical Spondylotic Radiculopathy(CSR) were searched in the Chinese and English databases from the inception to November 13, 2023. Two researchers reviewed the literature, extracted the data, assessed the risk of bias of the included studies independently, and then used Stata14.0 and WinBUGs14 to analyze.

Results

There are 28 RCTs in total, of which 2593 patients and 14 acupuncture interventions. Network Meta-analysis revealed that, regarding the VAS scores, Acupoint catgut-embedding, Fu's Subcutaneous Needling and Needle Knife are better than Conv

SUBMITTER: Lin Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11190544 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature