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The Efficacy of Acupuncture for the Treatment of Cervical Vertigo: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
OBJECTIVE: This study aims to evaluate the efficacy and safety of acupuncture for the treatment of cervical vertigo (CV). METHODS: Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) regarding effectiveness of acupuncture for treating CV were searched in 7 comprehensive databases prior to April 2016. The data analy...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5474245/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28659989 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/7597363 |
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author | Hou, Zhuanzhuan Xu, Shibing Li, Qinglin Cai, Libing Wu, Weigang Yu, Huida Chen, Huade |
author_facet | Hou, Zhuanzhuan Xu, Shibing Li, Qinglin Cai, Libing Wu, Weigang Yu, Huida Chen, Huade |
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description | OBJECTIVE: This study aims to evaluate the efficacy and safety of acupuncture for the treatment of cervical vertigo (CV). METHODS: Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) regarding effectiveness of acupuncture for treating CV were searched in 7 comprehensive databases prior to April 2016. The data analysis was performed by using RevMan version 5.3. RESULTS: A total of 10 studies with 914 participants were included. Results showed that acupuncture was more effective than conventional medicine therapy (CMT) in effectiveness, improvement rate of vertigo and headache, and increased average blood flow velocity of vertebral-basilar artery. In the subgroup analysis, the results did not change in different acupuncture methods and drug categories substantially. Sensitivity analysis demonstrated that the results of this meta-analysis were stable. Meanwhile, the long-term safety of acupuncture for CV still remains uncertain. GRADE analysis indicated that the quality of evidence for all outcomes was from very low to low which limited the value of the meta-analysis. CONCLUSION: Based on the systematic review, acupuncture appeared to be a promising therapeutic approach for CV based on low or very low quality of evidence. However, large-scale and high-quality trials are required to provide stronger evidence for the conclusion. |
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spelling | pubmed-54742452017-06-28 The Efficacy of Acupuncture for the Treatment of Cervical Vertigo: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Hou, Zhuanzhuan Xu, Shibing Li, Qinglin Cai, Libing Wu, Weigang Yu, Huida Chen, Huade Evid Based Complement Alternat Med Review Article OBJECTIVE: This study aims to evaluate the efficacy and safety of acupuncture for the treatment of cervical vertigo (CV). METHODS: Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) regarding effectiveness of acupuncture for treating CV were searched in 7 comprehensive databases prior to April 2016. The data analysis was performed by using RevMan version 5.3. RESULTS: A total of 10 studies with 914 participants were included. Results showed that acupuncture was more effective than conventional medicine therapy (CMT) in effectiveness, improvement rate of vertigo and headache, and increased average blood flow velocity of vertebral-basilar artery. In the subgroup analysis, the results did not change in different acupuncture methods and drug categories substantially. Sensitivity analysis demonstrated that the results of this meta-analysis were stable. Meanwhile, the long-term safety of acupuncture for CV still remains uncertain. GRADE analysis indicated that the quality of evidence for all outcomes was from very low to low which limited the value of the meta-analysis. CONCLUSION: Based on the systematic review, acupuncture appeared to be a promising therapeutic approach for CV based on low or very low quality of evidence. However, large-scale and high-quality trials are required to provide stronger evidence for the conclusion. Hindawi 2017 2017-05-09 /pmc/articles/PMC5474245/ /pubmed/28659989 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/7597363 Text en Copyright © 2017 Zhuanzhuan Hou et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ 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. |
spellingShingle | Review Article Hou, Zhuanzhuan Xu, Shibing Li, Qinglin Cai, Libing Wu, Weigang Yu, Huida Chen, Huade The Efficacy of Acupuncture for the Treatment of Cervical Vertigo: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis |
title | The Efficacy of Acupuncture for the Treatment of Cervical Vertigo: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis |
title_full | The Efficacy of Acupuncture for the Treatment of Cervical Vertigo: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis |
title_fullStr | The Efficacy of Acupuncture for the Treatment of Cervical Vertigo: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis |
title_full_unstemmed | The Efficacy of Acupuncture for the Treatment of Cervical Vertigo: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis |
title_short | The Efficacy of Acupuncture for the Treatment of Cervical Vertigo: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis |
title_sort | efficacy of acupuncture for the treatment of cervical vertigo: a systematic review and meta-analysis |
topic | Review Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5474245/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28659989 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/7597363 |
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