Acupotomy therapy for lumbar disc herniation: Protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Lumbar disc herniation (LDH) is a clinically common degenerative spinal disease that adversely affects patients' quality of life and work ability. Although several articles have reported that acupotomy can improve the clinical symptoms of LDH, the efficiency of acupotomy has not been scientifically or methodically evaluated. The primary objective of this study is to evaluate and synthesize evidence on the effectiveness and safety of acupotomy therapy in patients with LDH.

Method

We plan to search eight English and Chinese electronic databases, including the Web of Science, Cochrane Library, PubMed, EMBASE, SinoMed, Wanfang, China Science and Technology Journal (VIP), and China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI) databases, for potentially eligible studies. Ra

SUBMITTER: Jiang C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6200472 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature