• 1. Department of Massage, Guangdong Chinese Medicine Hospital, Guangzhou, 510120, P.R.China;
  • 2. Acupuncture and Rehabilitation Clinical Medical College, Guangzhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, 510405, P.R.China;
  • 3. Department of Rehabilitation, Jieyang Chinese Medicine Hospital, Jieyang, 522000, P.R.China;
WU Shan, Email: wushan6866@sina.com
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Objectives  To systematically review the efficacy and safety of bonesetting combined acupuncture in the treatment of cervical vertigo. Methods  PubMed, CNKI, VIP, CBM and WanFang Data databases were searched to collect randomized controlled trials (RCTs) on bonesetting combined acupuncture in the treatment of cervical vertigo from inception to February 15th, 2017. Two reviewers independently screened literature, extracted data and assessed the risk of bias of the included studies. Meta-analysis was performed by RevMan 5.3 software. Results  Eighteenth RCTs involving 1 915 patients were included. The results of meta-analysis showed that, compared with acupuncture or bonesetting alone group, the effective rate in bonesetting combining acupuncture group was higher (RRacupuncture=1.17, 95%CI 1.12 to 1.23, P<0.000 01; RRbonesetting=1.16, 95%CI 1.10 to 1.23, P<0.000 01). Improvement of the cervical vertigo symptom and function in the combined group was better than that in the acupuncture group or bonesetting group (MDacupuncture=3.42, 95%CI 2.29 to 4.56, P<0.000 01; MDbonesetting=6.45, 95%CI 5.56 to 7.33, P<0.000 01). Average flow velocity of cervical vertigo basilar artery (BA) in the combined group was superior to the bonesetting group (MD=7.54, 95%CIP=0.02). 1.08 to 13.99, Conclusions  Bonesetting combining acupuncture treatment of cervical vertigo in terms of effectiveness and function improvement are better than those of acupuncture alone or pure bonesetting. Due to the limited quality and quantity of the included studies, more high-quality studies are required to verify above conclusions.

Citation: GUO Rusong, HUANG Fan, ZHAO Siyi, FAN Zhiyong, LU Xiaobo, WU Shan. Efficacy and safety of bonesetting combined with acupuncture in the treatment of cervical vertigo: a meta-analysis. Chinese Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine, 2017, 17(12): 1428-1436. doi: 10.7507/1672-2531.201703110 Copy

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