First author (year) Number of participants, E:C Completion number, E:C Mean age (range) (year) Experiment Control Duration Outcomes Moxibustion acupoint Moxibustion method Huang 2018 [30 ] 45 : 45 45 : 45 E: 39.32 ± 10.33 (20–61) a b 5 d, NR ①, ③ EX-B2, GB20, GB21, Go14 Manipulation Jin Zhu 2017 [31 ] 36 : 36 36 : 36 E: 48.05 ± 11.22 a + c c 10 d, 30 min/d ①, ②, ③ GB21, Go14, ashi point Array Li 2018 [32 ] 29 : 29 29 : 29 E: 49.26 ± 5.37 (26–78) a + d d 10 d, 20–30 min/d ①, ②, ④ LI4, LI11, jianshu, GB20, GB21, Go14, Go16 Manipulation Qian 2017 [33 ] 82 : 81 82 : 81 E: (25–83) a + d d 14 d, 20–30 min/d ①, ④ LI4, LI11, jianshu, GB20, GB21, Go14, Go16 Manipulation Wang 2003 [34 ] 35 : 35 35 : 35 E: 48 ± 7.91 a + e c + e 20 d, once a day ⑤ St9, St13, St36, St41 Array Wang 2012 [35 ] 91 : 91 91 : 91 E: (30–70) a + f c + 21 d, 20 min/d ① EX-B2, GB20, Go14, ashi point Manipulation Wang 2014 [36 ] 70 : 70 68 : 67 E: 54.95 ± 7.15 a + 10 d, 30 min/d ①, ② BL10, BI11, Go14, Go15, Go16 Manipulation Xiao 2011 [37 ] 126 : 126 126 : 126 E: (30–70) a + f c + 21 d, 20 min/d ① EX-B2, GB20, Go14, ashi point Manipulation Yang 2012 [38 ] 30 : 30 30 : 30 E: 45.69 ± 7.58 (18–65) a + c c 20 d, 10 min/d ①, ②, ③ EX-B2, GB20, ashi point Manipulation Zeng 2010 [39 ] 13 : 13 13 : 13 NR a +d 10 d, ≥10 min/d ① GB20, Go14 Manipulation Zhang 2016 [40 ] 68 : 68 68 : 68 E: 43.2 ± 4.0 (25–70) a + c + c + 20 d, NR ①, ③ EX-B2, GB20, GB21, Go14 Array Zhang 2015 [41 ] 29 : 31 29 : 31 E: 56.5 ± 12.7 (45.8–69) a + 10 d, 30 min/d ⑤ Go14 Array
E, experimental group; C, control group; NR, not reported; a, thunder-fire moxibustion; b, moxibustion; c, acupuncture; d, routine nursing; e, physiotherapy; f, needle knife; g, medicine; ① total effective rate; ② traditional Chinese medicine syndrome score; ③ pain score; ④ satisfaction score; ⑤ score of the symptoms and functional rehabilitation of cervical vertigo.
