Effectiveness of Acupuncture for Treating Sciatica: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

This is a systematic review and meta-analysis, which aimed to assess the current evidence on the effects and safety of acupuncture for treating sciatica. In this review, a total of 11 randomized controlled trials were included. As a result, we found that the use of acupuncture may be more effective...

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Autores principales: Qin, Zongshi, Liu, Xiaoxu, Wu, Jiani, Zhai, Yanbing, Liu, Zhishun
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2015
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Review Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4631886/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26576192
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/425108
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description This is a systematic review and meta-analysis, which aimed to assess the current evidence on the effects and safety of acupuncture for treating sciatica. In this review, a total of 11 randomized controlled trials were included. As a result, we found that the use of acupuncture may be more effective than drugs and may enhance the effect of drugs for patients with sciatica, but because of the insufficient number of relevant and rigorous studies, the evidence is limited. Future trials using rigorous methodology, appropriate comparisons, and clinically relevant outcomes should be conducted.
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spelling pubmed-46318862015-11-16 Effectiveness of Acupuncture for Treating Sciatica: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Qin, Zongshi Liu, Xiaoxu Wu, Jiani Zhai, Yanbing Liu, Zhishun Evid Based Complement Alternat Med Review Article This is a systematic review and meta-analysis, which aimed to assess the current evidence on the effects and safety of acupuncture for treating sciatica. In this review, a total of 11 randomized controlled trials were included. As a result, we found that the use of acupuncture may be more effective than drugs and may enhance the effect of drugs for patients with sciatica, but because of the insufficient number of relevant and rigorous studies, the evidence is limited. Future trials using rigorous methodology, appropriate comparisons, and clinically relevant outcomes should be conducted. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2015 2015-10-21 /pmc/articles/PMC4631886/ /pubmed/26576192 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/425108 Text en Copyright © 2015 Zongshi Qin et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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