• School of Acupuncture-Moxibustion and Tuina, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu 610075, P. R. China;
LIANG Fanrong, Email: acuresearch@126.com
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Objective To summarize and evaluate the quality of methodology, report and evidence of the systematic reviews and meta-analyses (SRs/MAs) of acupuncture and moxibustion interventions for Parkinson's disease. Methods Eight databases including CNKI, WanFang Data, VIP, CBM, PubMed, EMbase, Cochrane Library and Web of Science were searched from inception to May 1, 2023. The quality of methodology, report and evidence involved in these studies were evaluated by AMSTAR 2, PRISMA and GRADE tool. Results A total of 28 SRs/MAs were included, and the findings of included studies showed that acupuncture and moxibustion had a clinical advantage for Parkinson's disease. The methodological quality of all studies was extremely low. Thirteen reports were relatively complete, 14 reports had certain flaws, and 1 report had relatively serious flaws. And of the 126 reports for seven outcomes, 1 was graded as high, 12 as moderate, 57 as low, and 56 as critically low. Conclusion The current evidence shows that acupuncture and moxibustion have a certain clinical effect for Parkinson's disease, but the methodological quality and evidence quality of related SRs/MAs are low, and the standardization still needs to be improved. The efficacy of acupuncture and moxibustion in Parkinson's disease still needs to be verified by high-quality clinical studies in the future.

Citation: ZHONG Wanqi, YIN Zihan, LI Yaqin, BAO Qiongnan, ZHANG Xinyue, XIA Manze, WU Kexin, YAO Jin, LIANG Fanrong. Acupuncture and moxibustion for Parkinson’s disease: an overview of systematic reviews. Chinese Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine, 2023, 23(8): 936-944. doi: 10.7507/1672-2531.202303190 Copy

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