Meta analysis of acupuncture in treatment of knee osteoarthritis in combination with acupuncture

Objective: Systematic evaluation of the efficacy of acupuncture in the treatment of knee osteoarthritis (KAO). Method: Computer retrieval of the clinical randomization of the treatment of KAO from CNKI, VIP Database (VIP), Pubmed and China Biomedical Documentation Database (CBM) Controls with the experimental literature, based on the developed criteria for inclusion and exclusion criteria for the original Documentation screening, literature quality evaluation and meta analysis of incorporation studies. Heterogeneity testing using Review Manager 5.3 software and calculating the OR values and 95% trusted intervals for each indicator. Results: 10 literature were included in a study of 764 patients, 3 of which were high quality studies, 7 of which were low quality studies. Comparing group with routine treatment group, total Meta analysis of efficacy and cure rates showed: [OR=4.38,95% CI (2.63,7.28), P0.000,01], [OR=2.40,95% CI (1.54,3.74), P=0.00001]; 7 of these samples with VAS scores as pain indicators were 577 cases, the average difference between VAS before and after treatment (MD) The combined effect amount is [MD=-1.81,95% CI (-2.33, -1.28), P0.000,01]. The above differences are statistically significant (P0.05), indicating that the efficacy of acupuncture in combination with acupuncture treatment KOA is better than conventional acupuncture or western medicine therapy. Conclusion: The treatment of a more conventional acupuncture or western medicine simplex Therapeutics are more advantageous. Due to the generally low quality, small sample size and possible bias in the study, more high-quality and methodological standardization of randomized controlled studies are needed.