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Update on the Clinical Effect of Acupuncture Therapy in Patients with Gouty Arthritis: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Joint Authors
Lv, Zheng-Tao
Zhang, Jin-ming
Chen, An-min
Lu, Wei-wei
Source
Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Issue
Vol. 2016, Issue 2016 (31 Dec. 2016), pp.1-14, 14 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2016-10-25
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
14
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Objective.
The aim of this study is to evaluate the clinical efficacy and safety of acupuncture therapy in the treatment of acute gouty arthritis.
Methods.
A literature search of PubMed, EMBASE, ISI Web of Science, CENTRAL, and CNKI was conducted from the inception date of each database up to October 2015.
Two investigators screened each article independently and were blinded to the findings of the other reviewer.
Data was extracted according to the predetermined collection form.
Meta-analysis was performed.
Results.
We analyzed data from 28 RCTs involving 2237 patients with gouty arthritis.
Compared with conventional pharmacological treatments acupuncture was more effective in rendering patients free from symptoms after 24 hours, lowering serum urate, alleviating pain associated with gouty arthritis, and decreasing the ESR; regarding CRP, no statistically significant difference was found.
In addition, the frequency of adverse events in acupuncture treatment was lower than that in control group.
Conclusion.
Based on the findings of our study, we cautiously suggest that acupuncture is an effective and safe therapy for patients with gouty arthritis.
However, the potential beneficial effect of acupuncture might be overstated due to the methodological deficiency of included studies.
High quality RCTs with larger scale are encouraged.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Lu, Wei-wei& Zhang, Jin-ming& Lv, Zheng-Tao& Chen, An-min. 2016. Update on the Clinical Effect of Acupuncture Therapy in Patients with Gouty Arthritis: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine،Vol. 2016, no. 2016, pp.1-14.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1104505
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Lu, Wei-wei…[et al.]. Update on the Clinical Effect of Acupuncture Therapy in Patients with Gouty Arthritis: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine No. 2016 (2016), pp.1-14.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1104505
American Medical Association (AMA)
Lu, Wei-wei& Zhang, Jin-ming& Lv, Zheng-Tao& Chen, An-min. Update on the Clinical Effect of Acupuncture Therapy in Patients with Gouty Arthritis: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine. 2016. Vol. 2016, no. 2016, pp.1-14.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1104505
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1104505