Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine / 2019 / Article / Tab 1 / Corrigendum
Corrigendum to “Efficacy Comparison of Five Different Acupuncture Methods on Pain, Stiffness, and Function in Osteoarthritis of the Knee: A Network Meta-Analysis” Table 1 Characteristics of the included studies.
Author, Year Location Sample size/Gender Mean Age Interventions Follow up T(M/F) C(M/F) T C T Sessions/Duration C Measurement Time Points (n/ws) (ws) Berman 2004[26 USA 190(70/120) 189(62/127) 65.2±8.4 65.1±8.8 EA 23/26 EDU 4/8/14/26 - 191(73/118) 66.2±8.7 SN Berman 1999[27 USA 36(18/18) 37(26/11) 65.7±7.95 65.5±9.13 EA 16/8 WL 4/8/12 4ws Zhou 2017[18 China 56(23/33) 54(25/29) 65±6 63±6 FN 12/4 EA 4/8 4ws Hinman 2014[28 Australia 70(38/32) 71(31/40) 64.3±8.6 62.7 ± 8.7 MA 8,12/12 WL 12/50 12ms Lu 2014[17 China 30(16/14) 30(18/12) 58.93±9.26 59.10±7.85 EA 24/8 WN 8 NA Manheimer 2006[29 USA 190(70/120) 189(62/127) 65.2±8.4 65.1±8.8 EA 23/26 EDU 4/8/14/26 - 191(73/118) 66.2±8.7 SN Sangdee 2002[9 Thailand 48(10/38) 47(12/35) 65.10±3.4 61.84±8.95 EA 12/4 SN 4 NA Zhang 2013[16 China 33(13/20) 34(14/20) 57±8 58±9 FN 12/4 WN 4 NA Scharf 2006[10 Germany 326(106/220) 365(110/255) 62.8±9.9 63.0±10.1 MA 10/6 SN 13/26 20ws Takeda 1994[11 Canada 20(10/10) 20(10/10) 63.0±8.78 60.2±9.75 MA 9/3 SN 3/7 4ws Vas 2004[12 Spain 48(11/37) 49(5/44) 65.7±11.0 68.4±9.1 EA 12/12 SN 13 7ds Fan 2016[30 China 54(21/33) 54(24/30) 58 ± 6.2 56 ± 8.4 FN 8/4 WN 1/4 - Wang 2017[13 China 25(8/17) 21(2/19) 61±6 58±7 WN 12/3 WL 3 NA Chen 2013[14 USA 104(51/53) 109(52/57) 60.5±11.1 60.4±11.7 MA 12/⩽12 SN 12/26 14ws Jubb 2008[31 UK 34(29/5) 34(26/8) 64.1±1.6 66.1±1.9 EA 10/5 SN 5/9 4ws Gao 2012[15 China 34(13/21) 35(15/20) 57.7±8.7 58.6±8.9 EA 24/8 WN 4/8 NA
M: male; F: female; T: treatment group; C: control group; NA: not available; EA: electroacupuncture; SN: sham needle; MA: manual acupuncture; WN: warm needle; FN: fire needle; WL: waiting list; EDU: education; n: number; ws: weeks; ms: months; ds: days.