Acupotomy Therapy for Chronic Nonspecific Neck Pain: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Table 2

Essential characteristics of included trials.

Study	Population (T/C)	Intervention		Outcome	Duration	Adverse events
		Treatment	Control
Quan et al. 2007 [16]	21/24	Acupotomy + manipulation	WM	CE	20 days	NR
Wang 2010 [17]	30/30	Acupotomy	Electroacupuncture	CE, CL	21 days	Yes
Yu 2012 [18]	34/31	Acupotomy + manipulation	TCM	CE, CSS	20 days	NR
Zheng 2016 [19]	30/30	Acupotomy + exercise	WM + exercise	CE, CL, VAS	21 days	Yes
Zhi et al. 2008 [20]	36/36	Acupotomy + manipulation	Traction	CE,CSS, VAS	20 days	Yes
Zhou et al. 2016 [21]	41/39	Acupotomy + manipulation	Manipulation	CE, CSS	14 days	NR
Zhou 2016 [22]	53/53	Acupotomy + traction + WM	Traction + WM	CE, CL, VAS	21 days	NR
Zhou and Wang 2013 [23]	44/38	Acupotomy + PT	Acupuncture + PT	CE, CSS	14 days	NR
Zhong 2015 [24]	29/29	Acupotomy	WM	CE	14 days	Yes
Zhu et al.  2006 [25]	115/106	Acupotomy	Acupuncture	CE	20 days	NR

Note. NR: not reported; WM: Western medicines; TCM: traditional Chinese medicine; PT: physiotherapy; CE: clinical effect; CSS: clinical symptom score; CL: cervical lordosis; VAS: visual analogue scale.