The Effectiveness of Acupuncture in the Treatment of Frozen Shoulder: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Table 4

Active ROM scores for acupuncture treatments of frozen shoulder.

Study	Treatment	Flexion	Abduction	External rotation
[28]	EA	Baseline 102.91 ± 24.82 to 111.25 ± 22 immediately after
	Sham EA	Baseline 102.91 ± 24.82 to 103.90 ± 22.79 immediately after
[27]	MA	Baseline 109.1; at 4 weeks 125.0	Baseline 88.8; at 4 weeks 90.7	Baseline 32.1; at 4 weeks 42.7
	MA + PT	Baseline 106.5; at 4 weeks 130.2	Baseline 79.5; at 4 weeks 90.3	Baseline 20.7; at 4 weeks 30.1
	PT	Baseline 107.7; at 4 weeks 124.4	Baseline 70.6; at 4 weeks 84.9	Baseline 15.9; at 4 weeks 27.3
[23]	Exercise only	Baseline 106.0 ± 15.1; at 6 weeks 132.0 ± 23.6	Baseline 84.0 ± 26.1; at 6 weeks 101.0 ± 32.1	Baseline 10.0 ± 12.3; at 6 weeks 22.0 ± 17.5
	Exercise + steroid injection	Baseline 98.8 ± 27.0; at 6 weeks 125.0 ± 33.0	Baseline 72.5 ± 33.30; at 6 weeks 95.0 ± 36.6	Baseline 16.3 ± 25; at 6 weeks 35.0 ± 26.9
	Exercise + MA	Baseline 120.0 ± 16.6; at 6 weeks 133.6 ± 21.2	Baseline 89.3 ± 18.6; at 6 weeks 105.0 ± 26.0	Baseline 30.0 ± 11.5; at 6 weeks 34.0 ± 11.1
[22]	MA + PT	Baseline 83.5 ± 35.2; at 1.5 months 125.2 ± 23.9; at 3 months 149 ± 19.09	Baseline 72.7 ± 40.8; at 1.5 months 116.7 ± 31; at 3 months 146 ± 34.7	Baseline 19.8 ± 24.2; at 1.5 months 36.7 ± 22.1; at 3 months 49 ± 19.8
	PT	Baseline 81.7 ± 37.6; at 1.5 months 102.5 ± 28.7; at 3 months 125.2 ± 21.3	Baseline 73.7 ± 41.3; at 1.5 months 93.7 ± 38.8; at 3 months 112.5 ± 32.4	Baseline 23.8 ± 25.3; at 1.5 months 33.5 ± 22.6; at 3 months 40.25 ± 22.1

EA: electroacupuncture; MA: manual acupuncture; PT: physical therapy.