Effectiveness and Safety of Acupuncture and Moxibustion in Pregnant Women with Noncephalic Presentation: An Overview of Systematic Reviews

Table 2

Characteristics of the studies.

Study (year)	Included studies	Meta-analysis	Objectives	Sample size
Coyle et al. [17] (2012)	8 RCTs	Yes	To examine the safety and efficacy of moxibustion in breech presentation, the need for external cephalic version, mode of birth, and perinatal morbidity and mortality	1346
Li et al. [20] (2009)	10 RCTs 7 CCTs	Yes	To assess the safety and efficacy of moxibustion and other methods of stimulating acupuncture points to treat breech presentation in pregnant women	2090
Van den Berg et al. [18] (2008)	6 RCTs 3 CCTs	No	To evaluate the efficacy of the interventions (moxibustion, acupuncture, or electroacupuncture) in acupuncture point V67 for the presentation of breech, in comparison with the expectant behavior	1624
Vas et al. [19] (2009)	7 RCTs	Yes	To demonstrate the safety and efficacy of moxibustion, compared with a control (expectant management, postural methods, or acupuncture) to correct the noncephalic presentation	1067
Zhang et al. [21] (2013)	7 RCTs	Yes	To evaluate the safety and efficacy of moxibustion for the correction of noncephalic presentation	1387