Open AccessAcupuncture for primary osteoporosis
Author(s) -
Huimin Fan,
Siyi Zhao,
Qiu M,
Yitong Li,
Xiaoxuan Zhan,
Cunshu Wu,
Shi Chushuo,
Wei Sun,
Guizhen Chen,
Yunxiang Xu
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.59
H-Index - 148
eISSN - 1536-5964
pISSN - 0025-7974
DOI - 10.1097/md.0000000000015108
Subject(s) - medicine , medline , cochrane library , randomized controlled trial , meta analysis , acupuncture , grading (engineering) , alternative medicine , physical therapy , medical physics , pathology , civil engineering , political science , law , engineering
Background: A large number of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) have shown that acupuncture (ACU) has certain advantages over pharmacotherapies in the treatment of primary osteoporosis (POP). However, due to the diversity of ACU treatments, its relative effectiveness have not yet been studied and explained. Therefore, based on the network meta-analysis (NMA), this study will compare the differences in the efficacy of multiacupuncture in the treatment of POP, to provide a reference for clinical treatment. Methods: We will search PubMed, MEDLINE, Embase, the Cochrane Library, China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CHKD-CNKI), WANFANG database (Chinese Medicine Premier), Chinese Biomedical Literature database (CBM), and VIP for relevant RCTs of ACU treatments for POP, from their inceptions to January 2019. STATA 15.0 and GEMTC software will be used to perform a NMA. The evidence will be evaluated by the Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development, and Evaluation (GRADE) approach and the type 1 error rate will be assessed by trial sequential analysis (TSA). Results: The results of this review will be submitted to a recognized journal for publication. Conclusion: This proposed systematic review will evaluate the different advantages of various types of ACU in the treatment of POP. Registration: PROSPERO (registration number CRD42019122724).