Open AccessTraditional Korean Medicine as Collaborating Treatments with Conventional Treatments for Knee Osteoarthritis: A Protocol for a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Author(s) -
Yeon-Cheol Park,
Bonhyuk Goo,
Kyeong-Ju Park,
Junyeon Kim,
yong hyeon baek
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of pain research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.888
H-Index - 49
ISSN - 1178-7090
DOI - 10.2147/jpr.s311557
Subject(s) - medicine , moxibustion , acupuncture , meta analysis , osteoarthritis , adverse effect , medline , alternative medicine , protocol (science) , randomized controlled trial , systematic review , traditional chinese medicine , cochrane library , physical therapy , quality of life (healthcare) , traditional medicine , pathology , nursing , political science , law
Knee osteoarthritis (OA) is a degenerative disease of the joint cartilage with no definite treatment in the early stage. Several previous review studies have shown that alternative medical treatments, including acupuncture, moxibustion, and herbal medicines, are effective in improving the symptoms of the disease and the patient's quality of life. However, no systematic review study has shown the effectiveness of the combination of conventional and alternative therapies. Therefore, the aim of our study is to determine the most effective combination therapies and to provide evidence for the effectiveness and safety of integrated therapies. This article describes the protocol for the methods that will be applied in our systematic review.