Review Article
Acupuncture Points Stimulation for Meniere’s Disease/Syndrome: A Promising Therapeutic Approach
Table 1
The basic characteristics of included studies.
| | Study | Country | Study
design | Sample
size | Age | Disease
duration | EC approval |
| | Chen and Wu 2004 [28] | China | RCT | T: 34
C: 33 | T: 28–65
C: 28–65 | T: 5 days–10 years
C: 5 days–10 years | Not reported |
| | Mao et al. 2014 [29] | China | RCT | T: 30
C: 30 | T: 25–49
C: 26–49 | Not reported | Not reported |
| | Zhang 2013 [30] | China | RCT | T: 50
C: 50 | T: 25–63
C: 26–63 | T: 3 days–2 years
C: 3 days–2 years | Not reported |
| | Xie and Wang 2014 [31] | China | RCT | T: 40
C: 40 | T: 25–57
C: 26–63 | T: 3 days–10 months
C: 2 days–11 months | Not reported |
| | Gao and Ni 2002 [32] | China | RCT | T: 58
C: 74 | T: 16–76
C: 16–78 | T: 3 days–7 years
C: 2 days–7 years | Not reported |
| | Zhu 2003 [33] | China | RCT | T: 40
C: 40 | T: 18–76
C: 18–77 | T: 2 days–9 years
C: 3 days–9 years | Not reported |
| | Huang et al. 2010 [35] | China | RCT | T: 30
C: 30 | T: 20–63
C: 20–63 | T: 3 months–3 years
C: 3 months–3 years | Not reported |
| | Wang et al. 2011 [36] | China | RCT | T: 40
C: 40 | T: 20–60
C: 20–60 | Not reported | Not reported |
| | Zhang 2013 [37] | China | RCT | T: 100
C: 100 | T: 45–76
C: 40–71 | T: 3 days–11 years
C: 3 days–11 years | Not reported |
| | Mo 2010 [38] | China | RCT | T: 100
C: 100 | T: 20–64
C: 20–64 | Not reported | Not reported |
| | Wu 2011 [39] | China | RCT | T: 30
C: 30 | T: 28–65
C: 28–65 | T: 2 years–20 years
C: 2 days–20 years | Not reported |
| | Sun et al. 2014 [40] | China | RCT | T: 16
C: 10 | T: 20–70
C: 20–70 | Not reported | Not reported |
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Note. RCT: randomized controlled trial; T: treatment group; C: control group; EC: ethical committee.
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