Chinese Journal of Tissue Engineering Research ›› 2012, Vol. 16 ›› Issue (9): 1622-1625.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1673-8225.2012.09.024

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Meta-analysis of acupotomology versus acupuncture for cervical spondylopathy  

Liu Fu-shui1, 2, Zhang Yi1, Zhong Ding-wen1, Guo Chang-qing1   

  1. 1School of Acupuncture-Moxibustion and Tuina, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing  100029, China; 2Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Nanchang  330004, Jiangxi Province, China
  • Received:2011-08-15 Revised:2011-10-20 Online:2012-02-26 Published:2012-02-26
  • Contact: Guo Chang-qing, Professor, Doctoral supervisor, School of Acupuncture- Moxibustion and Tuina, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing 100029, China guochangqing66@163.com
  • About author:Liu Fu-shui☆, Studying for doctorate, Lecturer, Attending physician, School of Acupuncture- Moxibustion and Tuina, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing 100029, China; Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Nanchang 330004, Jiangxi Province, China liufushui8@yahoo.com.cn
  • Supported by:

    National Key Basic Research Development Program (973 Program), No. 2006CB504508*

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Abstract:

BACKGROUND: Though acupotomology and acupuncture are commonly used to treat cervical spondylopathy, there are no systematic reviews of randomized clinical trials on it.
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the therapeutic effect and safety of acupotomology versus acupuncture for cervical spondylopathy.
METHODS: Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) of acupotomology versus acupuncture in the treatment of cervical spondylopathy were retrieved from CBM (1978 to 2010), CNKI (1979 to 2010), VIP (1989 to 2010), PubMed (1966 to 2010), and Cochrane Library (Issue 4, 2010). And some relevant journals were manually searched. Data were extracted and evaluated by two reviewers independently according to Cochrane Reviewers’ Handbook (5.0). The Cochrane Collaboration’s RevMan 5.1 software was used for meta-analyses.
RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: Totally 10 RCTs involving 1 085 cases were included. The results of meta-analyses showed that the total effect rate and cure rate both at short-term and long-term of the acupotomology for cervical spondylopathy were higher than the acupuncture, and improvement of symptom scores of the acupotomology group for cervical spondylopathy was superior than the acupuncture group. Acupotomology is superior to acupuncture in the treatment of cervical spondylopathy. However, due to low quality of included studies, rigorously designed RCTs are needed to confirm the above conclusions.

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