Clinical research evidence of cupping therapy in China: a systematic literature review
| Autor: | Shangjuan Dong, Mei Han, Yongmei Shang, Jianping Liu, Xun Li, Qian Wang, Huijuan Cao, Shu Xu |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
China medicine.medical_treatment law.invention 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Randomized controlled trial law Outcome Assessment Health Care medicine Acupuncture Humans 030212 general & internal medicine Medicine Chinese Traditional Intensive care medicine Adverse effect Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic Evidence-Based Medicine Traditional medicine Cupping therapy business.industry General Medicine Evidence-based medicine lcsh:Other systems of medicine lcsh:RZ201-999 Hijama Combined Modality Therapy 030205 complementary & alternative medicine 3. Good health Clinical research Systematic review Complementary and alternative medicine business Research Article |
| Zdroj: | BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Vol 10, Iss 1, p 70 (2010) BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine |
| ISSN: | 1472-6882 |
| DOI: | 10.1186/1472-6882-10-70 |
| Popis: | Background Though cupping therapy has been used in China for thousands of years, there has been no systematic summary of clinical research on it. This review is to evaluate the therapeutic effect of cupping therapy using evidence-based approach based on all available clinical studies. Methods We included all clinical studies on cupping therapy for all kinds of diseases. We searched six electronic databases, all searches ended in December 2008. We extracted data on the type of cupping and type of diseases treated. Results 550 clinical studies were identified published between 1959 and 2008, including 73 randomized controlled trials (RCTs), 22 clinical controlled trials, 373 case series, and 82 case reports. Number of RCTs obviously increased during past decades, but the quality of the RCTs was generally poor according to the risk of bias of the Cochrane standard for important outcome within each trials. The diseases in which cupping was commonly employed included pain conditions, herpes zoster, cough or asthma, etc. Wet cupping was used in majority studies, followed by retained cupping, moving cupping, medicinal cupping, etc. 38 studies used combination of two types of cupping therapies. No serious adverse effects were reported in the studies. Conclusions According to the above results, quality and quantity of RCTs on cupping therapy appears to be improved during the past 50 years in China, and majority of studies show potential benefit on pain conditions, herpes zoster and other diseases. However, further rigorous designed trials in relevant conditions are warranted to support their use in practice. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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