Acupuncture Treatment for Cough-Variant Asthma: A Meta-Analysis.

Jian Xiong Wenchuan Qi Han Yang SiTing Zou Jing Kong ChengLong Wang YuanFang Zhou Fan-Rong Liang

Published in: Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM (2021)

The clinical curative effect of acupuncture treatment for cough-variant asthma is precise and has certain advantages in relieving symptoms and reducing the recurrence rate. However, the low quality of the evaluation in the RCT research literature is a problem, and more high-quality clinical randomized controlled trials are needed to further verify the comprehensive clinical efficacy and safety of this treatment. Registration number: PROSPERO (no. CRD42020155244) (https://www.crd.york.ac.uk/prospero/).

Keyphrases

randomized controlled trial
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
systematic review
lung function
cross sectional
depressive symptoms
replacement therapy
cystic fibrosis
rectal cancer
smoking cessation