Open AccessAssessment of the efficacy of acupuncture and chiropractic on treating Cervical spondylosis radiculopathy
Author(s) -
Guang Zuo,
Tian-ci Gao,
Bing-He Xue,
Chuang-Chuang Gu,
Yun-tao Yan,
Yongwang Zhang,
Ruijia Liu,
Shizheng Du
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.0000000000017974
Subject(s) - medicine , chiropractic , cervical spondylosis , cochrane library , acupuncture , neck pain , physical therapy , medline , randomized controlled trial , population , weakness , clinical trial , meta analysis , alternative medicine , surgery , environmental health , pathology , political science , law
Background: Cervical spondylosis radiculopathy (CSR) is often described as neck pain accompanied with radiating pain and neurologic symptoms, such as numbness, muscle weakness, and diminished reflexes, in 1 or both upper extremities. As people's lifestyle changes and the population ages, the incidence of CSR continues to increase. Many clinical trials have proven that acupuncture and chiropractic has a significant effect in the treatment of CSR. In this systematic review, we aim to evaluate the effectiveness and safety of acupuncture and chiropractic for CSR. Methods: We will search PubMed, Cochrane Library, AMED, EMbase, WorldSciNet; Nature, Science online and China Journal Full-text Database, China Biomedical Literature CD-ROM Database, and related randomized controlled trials included in the ChinaResources Database. The time is limited from the construction of the library to February, 2019. We will use the criteria provided by Cochrane 5.1.0 for quality assessment and risk assessment of the included studies, and use the Revman 5.3 and Stata13.0 software for meta-analysis of the effectiveness, recurrence rate, and symptom scores of CSR. Trial registration number: CRD42019119941.