The Effectiveness and Safety of Acupoint Catgut Embedding for the Treatment of Postmenopausal Osteoporosis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

<figure class="figure-group responsive"><div class="sub-figure" id="a"><object data="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/ecam/volume-2019/2673763/figures/2673763.fig.004a.svgz" name="2673763.fig.004a" type="image/svg+xml"></object><div class="fig-label"><b>(a) </b>Patients’ quality of life score 3 months later</div></div><div class="sub-figure" id="b"><object data="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/ecam/volume-2019/2673763/figures/2673763.fig.004b.svgz" name="2673763.fig.004b" type="image/svg+xml"></object><div class="fig-label"><b>(b) </b>Patients’ quality of life score 6 months later</div></div><div class="sub-figure" id="c"><object data="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/ecam/volume-2019/2673763/figures/2673763.fig.004c.svgz" name="2673763.fig.004c" type="image/svg+xml"></object><div class="fig-label"><b>(c) </b>Visual analogue scale</div></div><div class="sub-figure" id="d"><object data="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/ecam/volume-2019/2673763/figures/2673763.fig.004d.svgz" name="2673763.fig.004d" type="image/svg+xml"></object><div class="fig-label"><b>(d) </b>Pain score evaluation</div></div></figure>

<p>Meta-analysis of patients’ quality of life (a, b), VAS (c), and pain score (d).</p>

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Figure 4: The Effectiveness and Safety of Acupoint Catgut Embedding for the Treatment of Postmenopausal Osteoporosis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis 

Figure 4 | The Effectiveness and Safety of Acupoint Catgut Embedding for the Treatment of Postmenopausal Osteoporosis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis 