Acupotomy versus nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs for knee osteoarthritis: Protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Knee osteoarthritis (KOA), a common clinical chronic osteoarthropathy, has adverse effects on the working ability and life quality of patients. At present, acupotomy and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) have been widely applied on KOA in China and has achieved satisfactory results. However, there is no systematic review comparing the effectiveness of these two therapies for KOA. Therefore, this study will assess the efficacy and safety of acupotomy in treating KOA.

Methods and analysis

Several databases including CNKI, Wanfang Database, CBM, VIP, PubMed, Cochrane library, Web of Science, and Embase will be used by two independent researchers to search the related clinical RCTs about acupotomy therapy for KOA patients until May 2019. Subsequently, meta

SUBMITTER: Zhang R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6739018 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature