Meta-analysis of warm acupuncture combined with Sodium Hyaluronate therapy in treatment of knee osteoarthritis
JIANG Huijing1 ZHANG Shudan2
1.Department of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, Dalian Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Liaoning Province,Dalian 116013, China;
2.Department of Pharmacy, Dalian Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Liaoning Province, Dalian 116013, China
Abstract:Objective To systematically evaluate the curative effect and safety of warm acupuncture combined with Sodium Hyaluronate therapy in treatment of knee osteoarthritis. Methods The databases of PubMed, EMbase, Cochrane Library, CBM, WanFang, CNKI and VIP were retrieved for collecting randomized controlled trials (RCT) and clinic controlled trials (CCT) about warm acupuncture combined with Sodium Hyaluronate therapy in treatment of knee osteoarthritis from database building to July 21th, 2018, and reference lists enrolled were also searched. According to the inclusion and exclusion criteria, two reviewers screened and assessed the enrolled studies independently, and then the data was extracted. The data was given a Meta-analysis by using RevMan 5.3 software. Results A total of 20 studies were included, involving 1719 patients, with 859 cases in combination group and 860 cases in Sodium Hyaluronate group. The Meta-analysis showed: the clinical curative effect of the combination group in treating knee osteoarthritis was better than the Sodium Hyaluronate group (OR = 4.45, 95%CI: 3.12-6.35, P < 0.05). There were no adverse reactions in each group. Conclusion The combination treatment of warm acupuncture and Sodium Hyaluronate has significant curative effect, and the safety is good.