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| Comparator | Authors (date) | Number of RCTs (patients) pooled | Outcome measured time point | Effect estimate (MD, SMD, WMD)
95% confidence interval |
|
| Sham acupuncture | Lam et al. (2013) [17] | 4 (287) | Immediately | (VAS) MD = −16.76 [95% CI, −33.33 to −0.19] |
| Manheimer et al. (2005) [28] | 4 (343) | <6 weeks | SMD = −0.58 [95% CI, −0.80 to −0.36] |
|
| Sham therapy | Furlan et al. (2012) [20] | 10 (1727) | Immediately | WMD = −0.59 [95% CI, −0.93 to −0.25] (VAS: 1–10) |
| Rubinstein et al. (2010) [22] | 4 (918)
4 (1076) | <1 month
<3 months | WMD = −5.88 [95% CI, −11.20 to −0.55]
WMD = −7.27 [95% CI, −12.66 to −1.89] |
| Furlan et al. (2005) [29] | 4 (314)
2 (138) | Immediately
<3 months | WMD = −10.21 [95% CI, −14.99 to −5.44]
WMD = −17.79 [95% CI, −25.50 to −10.07] |
|
| No treatment | Lam et al. (2013) [17] | 4 (2911) | Immediately | SMD = −0.72 [95% CI, −0.94 to −0.49] |
| Xu et al. (2013) [19] | 5 (NR) | >1 month | SMD = −0.64 [95% CI, −1.13 to −0.14] |
| Furlan et al. (2012) [20] | 3 (2684) | <3 months | WMD = −1.19 [95% CI, −2.17 to −0.21] (VAS: 1–10) |
| Rubinstein et al. (2010) [22] | 1 (214) | <3 months | WMD = −24.10 [95% CI, −31.52 to −16.68] |
| Manheimer et al. (2005) [28] | 8 (586) | <6 weeks | SMD = −0.69 [95% CI, −0.98 to −0.40] |
| Furlan et al. (2005) [29] | 2 (90) | <3 months | SMD = −0.73 [95% CI, −1.19 to −0.28] |
|
| Plus conventional therapy | Lam et al. (2013) [17] | 4 (269) | Immediately | (VAS) MD = −13.99 [95% CI, −20.48 to −7.50] |
| Rubinstein et al. (2010) [22] | 2 (99)
3 (185) | <1 month
<3 months | WMD = −9.80 [95% CI, −14.93 to −4.67]
WMD = −16.91 [95% CI, −25.18 to −8.64] |
| Furlan et al. (2005) [29] | 4 (289)
3 (182) | Immediately
<3 months | SMD = −0.76 [95% CI, −1.02 to −0.50]
SMD = −1.10 [95% CI, −1.62 to −0.58] |
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