Acupuncture for experimental cerebral ischemia/reperfusion injury: a systematic review of methodology and reporting quality
| Autor: | Huan Tian, Yanan Luo, Song-Bai Yang, Zhigang Mei, Ya-Guang Huang, Zhitao Feng, Xianyun Fu |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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medicine.medical_specialty business.industry media_common.quotation_subject Ischemia Acupuncture Therapy General Medicine Guideline medicine.disease Brain Ischemia Preclinical research Complementary and alternative medicine Reperfusion Injury medicine Acupuncture Physical therapy Humans Quality (business) Female Neurology (clinical) Internal validity Animal testing business Acupuncture Points media_common |
| Zdroj: | Acupuncture in medicine : journal of the British Medical Acupuncture Society. 39(6) |
| ISSN: | 1759-9873 |
| Popis: | Objectives: Preclinical research is essential to the advancement of science but susceptible to insufficient reporting and methodological shortcomings, which compromise internal validity. We aimed to systematically assess the methodological and reporting quality of studies conducted on acupuncture for experimental cerebral ischemia/reperfusion injury (CIRI). Methods: A comprehensive search in six databases was performed for animal research concerning acupuncture for CIRI. Two authors independently selected articles, extracted data, and assessed the methodological and reporting quality of identified articles using the Systematic Review Center for Laboratory Animal Experimentation (SYRCLE) tool, and Animal Research: Reporting In Vivo Experiments (ARRIVE) guideline, respectively. Results: A total of 24 studies were identified. Only 1 article (4%) achieved a decent overall rating in using SYRCLE (percentage of items with “low risk” ⩾50%). Of the 22 items on the SYRCLE tool, only 8 items (37%) were rated as “low risk” of bias in more than 50% of the included studies. Of the 39 items of ARRIVE, 20 (51%) items were rated as “low risk” in more than 50% of the included studies. Conclusions: The methodological and reporting quality of included studies was generally low, which demands further improvement. These findings should inform the development of evidence-based guidelines for future preclinical research assessing the effect of acupuncture on CIRI. |
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