Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine / 2020 / Article / Tab 1 / Review Article
The Efficacy and Safety of Simple-Needling Therapy for Treating Ankylosing Spondylitis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials Table 1 Characteristics of included literature studies.
Study ID Location Sample size Intervention Duration of treatment Shedding case Lost case Outcome indicator Experimental Control Experimental Control Experimental Control Yin 2018 [29 ] China 30 30 Internal heated needle Western medicine routine treatment 1 month Not described Not described Not described (1) Clinical effective rate. (2) Schober test outcome Wang 2017 [31 ] China 40 40 Superficial needling Western medicine routine treatment 24 weeks 2 4 Not described (1) TCM syndrome score Dong 2017 [32 ] China 30 30 Electrothermal needling Western medicine routine treatment 8 weeks Not described Not described Not described (1) Clinical effective rate. (2) Schober test outcome Chen 2017 [30 ] China 54 54 Electroneedling Western medicine routine treatment 3 months Not described Not described Not described (1) Clinical effective rate. (2) TCM syndrome score Zhao 2016 [33 ] China 60 60 Traditional needling treatment Western medicine routine treatment 30 days Not described Not described Not described (1) Clinical effective rate Zhang 2015 [34 ] China 60 58 Traditional needling treatment Western medicine routine treatment 30 days Not described Not described Not described (1) Clinical effective rate Wang 2014 [35 ] China 20 20 Superficial needling Western medicine routine treatment 6 months 2 3 Not described (1) Symptom score Wei 2012 [36 ] China 20 20 Fire needling Western medicine routine treatment 4 weeks Not described Not described Not described (1) Clinical effective rate. (2) Symptom score Zhang 2007 [37 ] China 40 20 Traditional needling treatment Western medicine routine treatment 4 months Not described Not described Not described (1) Clinical effective rate Zhang 2005 [38 ] China 23 20 Fire needling Western medicine routine treatment 4 weeks Not described Not described Not described (1) Clinical effective rate. (2) Symptom score
