Effects of Electroacupuncture for Knee Osteoarthritis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Shim, J.-W.

Jung, J.-Y.

Kim, S.-S.

Evidence-based Complementary & Alternative Medicine (eCAM)

2016

Systematic Review

KNEE -- Diseases -- Treatment

OSTEOARTHRITIS -- Treatment

Electroacupuncture

INFORMATION storage & retrieval systems -- Medical care

INFORMATION storage & retrieval systems -- Medicine

Medline

META-analysis

ONLINE information services

QUALITY of life

SYSTEMATIC reviews (Medical research)

RANDOMIZED controlled trials

TREATMENT effectiveness

DATA analysis -- Software

AMED (Information retrieval system)

Purpose. This study aims to verify the effects of electroacupuncture treatment on osteoarthritis of the knee. Methods. MEDLINE/PubMed, EMBASE, CENTRAL, AMED, CNKI, and five Korean databases were searched by predefined search strategies to screen eligible randomized controlled studies meeting established criteria. Any risk of bias in the included studies was assessed with the Cochrane Collaboration’s tool. Meta-analysis was conducted using RevMan version 5.3 software. Results. Thirty-one randomized controlled studies of 3,187 participants were included in this systematic review. Meta-analysis was conducted with eight studies including a total of 1,220 participants. The electroacupuncture treatment group showed more significant improvement in pain due to knee osteoarthritis than the control group (SMD ?1.86, 95% CI ?2.33 to ?1.39, I2 75%) and in total WOMAC score than the control group (SMD ?1.34, CI 95% ?1.85 to ?0.83, I2 73%). Compared to the control group, the electroacupuncture treatment group showed more significant improvement on the quality of life scale. Conclusion. Electroacupuncture treatment can relieve the pain of osteoarthritis of the knees and improve comprehensive aspects of knee osteoarthritis and the quality of life of patients with knee osteoarthritis.

Accession Number: 118760351; Source Information: 10/13/2016, p1; Subject Term: KNEE -- Diseases -- Treatment; Subject Term: OSTEOARTHRITIS -- Treatment; Subject Term: ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; Subject Term: INFORMATION storage & retrieval systems -- Medical care; Subject Term: INFORMATION storage & retrieval systems -- Medicine; Subject Term: MEDLINE; Subject Term: META-analysis; Subject Term: ONLINE information services; Subject Term: QUALITY of life; Subject Term: SYSTEMATIC reviews (Medical research); Subject Term: RANDOMIZED controlled trials; Subject Term: TREATMENT effectiveness; Subject Term: DATA analysis -- Software; Subject Term: AMED (Information retrieval system); Subject Term: ; Number of Pages: 18p; ; Illustrations: 1 Diagram, 10 Charts; ; Document Type: Article;

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