Meta analysis of acupuncture in treatment of tendon sheathitis

Objective: Systematic evaluation of the effectiveness of acupuncture in treatment of tendon sheathitis. Method: Computer retrieval Cochrane Library, PubMed, Web of Science, Ebsco Medline, China Biomedical Database, Chongqing Wip Database, Wanfang Database and China Knowledge Database, etc. Clinical randomized controlled trials of all acupuncture to treat tendon sheathitis. Filtered and data extracted by researchers and Meta analysis with RevMan5.3. Results: Final inclusion in 11 literature totaling 1412 patients.Meta analysis results: Acupuncture treatment of tendon sheathitis is better effective than closed therapy and has a lower rate of recurrence.; Sensitivity Analysis Exclusion has a large impact on the results of this study Heterogeneity incorporated into the literature; published bias analysis tips may be published, may exaggerate the advantages of acupuncture versus closed therapy; Subgroup analysis concluded that small needle cutter therapy is better than topical hormone containment treatment; but the above conclusions still require more high-quality evidence-based medical evidence to support. Conclusion: Acupuncture treatment for tendon sheatitis Good, low forward recurrence rate, but more high quality, multi-center, large sample, random, double should be carried out blind clinical trials are validated.