Effectiveness and Safety of Acupuncture and Moxibustion in Pregnant Women with Noncephalic Presentation: An Overview of Systematic Reviews.

Maite Miranda-Garcia Cristina Domingo GómezCristina Molinet-CollBetina Nishishinya Ikram AllaouiM Dolores Gómez RoigJosefina Goberna-Tricas

Published in: Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM (2019)

Even though the results obtained are positive and the five reviews conclude that moxibustion reduces the number of noncephalic presentations at birth (alone or combined with postural techniques or acupuncture), there is considerable heterogeneity between them. Better methodologically designed studies are required in the future to reaffirm this conclusion.

Keyphrases

systematic review
meta analyses
pregnant women
single cell
gestational age
case control
case report
randomized controlled trial