Open AccessThe effectiveness and safety of acupuncture therapy for Guillain–Barré syndrome
Author(s) -
Zhu Fan,
Biyuan Liu,
Yili Zhang,
Man Li,
Tao Lü
Publication year - 2020
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.0000000000018619
Subject(s) - medicine , acupuncture , cochrane library , cinahl , medline , randomized controlled trial , physical therapy , clinical trial , alternative medicine , evidence based medicine , protocol (science) , intensive care medicine , psychiatry , psychological intervention , pathology , political science , law
Background: Guillain–Barré syndrome (GBS) is the most common acute paralytic neuropathy. Many clinical trials indicate acupuncture provides a good effect as a complementary therapy of Western medicine for GBS. The objective of this systematic review protocol is to provide the evidence to evaluate the effectiveness and safety of acupuncture on the treatment of GBS. Methods: We will search relevant randomized controlled trials investigating the effect of acupuncture for GBS in following databases from start to October 2019: PubMed, Embase, the Cochrane Library, CINAHL Complete, National Digital Science Library, China National Knowledge Infrastructure, and Wanfang Database without language restriction. For articles that meet our inclusion criteria, 2 researchers will extract the data information independently, and assess the risk of bias and trial quality by the Cochrane collaboration's tool. All data will be analyzed by RevMan V.5.3.3 statistical software. Results: According to the Barthel index of Activities of Daily Living (ADL) and the Medical Research Council (MRC) muscle scale, the efficacy and safety of acupuncture for GBS will be determined in this study. Conclusion: This systemic review will provide high quality evidence to judging whether acupuncture provides benefits to treat GBS. Prospero registration number: CRD42019158710.