Comparison of Needle-Warming Moxibustion and Other Physical Therapies for Lumbar Disc Herniation: A Meta-analysis

Table 1

Basic information of included literature and Jadad score.

Author	Year	Study type	Participants		Intervention		Jadad
			Treated	Control	Treated	Control
Cao [17]	2011	RCT	32	30	NWM	Acupuncture	4
Chen [18]	2017	RCT	35	35	NWM	Acupuncture	6
Duo and Ba [19]	2016	RCT	140	140	NWM	Traction	5
Gao and Liu [20]	2013	RCT	78	70	NWM	Traction	6
He et al. [21]	2007	RCT	39	39	NWM	Acupuncture	6
Huang and Xie [22]	2010	RCT	48	48	NWM	Acupuncture	5
Lin [23]	2020	RCT	40	40	NWM	Acupuncture	4
Liu [24]	2020	RCT	32	32	NWM	Acupuncture	4
Lu et al. [14]	2021	RCT	50	50	NWM	Acupuncture	5
Shen [25]	2019	RCT	38	38	NWM	EA	5
Song et al. [26]	2016	RCT	60	60	NWM	EA	4
Wang [15]	2013	RCT	46	91	NWM	Acupuncture, EA	4
Wu [27]	2020	RCT	43	43	NWM	Traction	5
Zai et al. [28]	2018	RCT	30	30	NWM	Acupuncture	6
Zheng [29]	2018	RCT	45	45	NWM	Traction	4

NWM: needle warming moxibustion; EA: electric acupuncture; RCT: randomized controlled trial.