Effects of acupuncture on shoulder impingement syndrome: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Shoulder impingement syndrome (SIS) is a common condition that causes chronic shoulder pain. The effectiveness of acupuncture in treating chronic shoulder pain has been documented in previous studies; however, existing systematic reviews and meta-analyses have often excluded Chinese databases and combined different types of acupuncture interventions, such as electroacupuncture, warm acupuncture, pharmacopuncture, and acupotomy. Thus, this study specifically examines the exclusive impact of manual acupuncture on SIS.

Methods

Several databases, including PubMed, Cochrane Central, Embase, 1 Chinese database (China National Knowledge Infrastructure), and 5 Korean databases (ScienceON, Oriental Medicine Advanced Searching Integrated System, KoreaMed, Korean Studies Inf

SUBMITTER: An SJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11404868 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature