Is cupping therapy effective in patients with neck pain? A systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Neck pain is a significant condition that is second only to depression as a cause of years lived with disability worldwide. Thus, identifying and understanding effective treatment modalities for neck pain is of heightened importance. This systematic review aimed to investigate the effects of cupping on neck pain from the current literature.

Design

Systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials (RCTs).

Setting

Nine databases, including Chinese, Korean and Japanese databases, were searched for data up to January 2018 with no restrictions on publication language.

Participants

Patients with neck pain.

Interventions

Cupping therapy as the sole or add-on intervention compared with no treatment or active controls.

Primary and

SUBMITTER: Kim S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6231582 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature