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Author and year | Trial 1 | Trial 2 | Trial 3 | Period of treatment (week) | Evaluation standard course of disease |
Interventions | Number (male/female) | Age (years) | Interventions | Number (male/female) | Age (years) | Interventions | Number (male/female) | Age (years) |
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Luo Liangqi 2016 [8] | Acupoint catgut embedding | 30 (11/19) | 32.8 ± 3.6 | Acupuncture | 30 (10/20) | 31.6 ± 4.3 | | | | 4/4 | (1) |
Zhou Wei 2020 [9] | Acupoint catgut embedding | 45 | 21–45 | Electroacupuncture | 45 | 21–45 | Exercise diet therapy | 45 | 21–45 | 8/8/8 | (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) |
Li Miaomiao 2017 [10] | Acupoint catgut embedding | 30 (4/26) | 18–58 | Electroacupuncture | 30 (4/26) | 25–53 | | | | 4/4 | (1) (2) (3) |
Zheng Xi 2020 [11] | Acupoint catgut embedding + moxibustion | 48 (24/24) | 41.97 ± 15.22 | Acupoint catgut embedding | 48 (25/23) | 42.15 ± 15.69 | | | | 8/8 | (1) (2) (3) (6) (7) (8) |
Duan Xiaorong 2017 [12] | Acupoint catgut embedding + cupping | 50 (11/39) | 35.48 ± 8.269 | Acupuncture | 50 (10/40) | 35.14 ± 7.743 | | | | 12/12 | (1) (2) (3) |
Wang Zheng 2020 [13] | Acupoint catgut embedding | 56 (32/24) | 43.3 ± 2.6 | Acupuncture | 56 (30/26) | 43.5 ± 2.7 | | | | 4/4 | (1) (2) (3) (9) |
Zhou Lijie 2017 [14] | Acupoint catgut embedding | 33 (4/29) | | Acupuncture | 33 (2/31) | | | | | 4/4 | (1) (2) (3) (9) |
Wu Xiaomei 2015 [15] | Acupoint catgut embedding | 32 (7/25) | 33 ± 11 | Acupuncture | 30 (6/24) | 35 ± 10 | | | | 4/4 | (1) (2) (3) (5) |
Huang Qiong 2020 [16] | Acupoint catgut embedding | 39 (21/18) | 38.27 ± 2.52 | Acupuncture | 39 (20/19) | 37.34 ± 2.57 | | | | 12/12 | (2) (3) (7) (8) |
Lin Guanghua 2015 [17] | Acupoint catgut embedding + cupping | 30 (4/26) | 32.56 ± 16.62 | Acupoint catgut embedding | 30 (3/27) | 31.98 ± 17.05 | | | | 8/8 | (1) (2) (3) |
Deng Ru 2021 [18] | Acupoint catgut embedding | 30 (15/15) | 58.5 ± 2.4 | Acupuncture | 30 (14/16) | 47.7 ± 3.6 | | | | 8/8 | (1) (2) (3) (5) |
Huang Wei 2015 [19] | Acupoint catgut embedding + exercise diet therapy | 80 (0/80) | 20–45 | Acupoint catgut embedding | 80 (0/80) | 20–45 | | | | 12/12 | (1) (2) (3) (4) |
Lin Chenjuan 2020 [20] | Acupoint catgut embedding + TCM | 30 (17/13) | 33.81 ± 6.32 | Acupoint catgut embedding | 30 (14/16) | 33.12 ± 6.45 | TCM | 30 (16/14) | 33.49 ± 6.70 | 12/12/12 | (1) (2) (3) (5) (7) (8) (10) (11) (13) |
Wen Qingfen 2021 [21] | Acupoint catgut embedding + TCM | 41 (17/24) | 33.48 ± 10.39 | Acupoint catgut embedding | 30 (18/23) | 33.56 ± 10.52 | | | | 8/8 | (2) (3) (5) (6) (12) (14) (15) |
Su Junxian 2017 [22] | Acupoint catgut embedding + TCM | 38 (11/27) | 38.05 ± 5.91 | Acupoint catgut embedding | 39 (14/15) | 38.70 ± 6.16 | TCM | 38 (12/16) | 38.45 ± 6.19 | 4/4/4 | (1) (3) (5) |
Wang Rui 2017 [23] | Acupoint catgut embedding + exercise diet therapy | 30 (5/25) | 32.45 ± 10.40 | Exercise diet therapy | 30 (7/23) | 29.62 ± 7.25 | | | | 8/12 | (3) (6) |
Wang Lingshu 2019 [24] | Acupoint catgut embedding + TCM | 60 (28/32) | 34.1 ± 7.42 | Acupoint catgut embedding | 60 (29/31) | 34.0 ± 7.40 | | | | 6/6 | (1) (2) (3) (5) (6) |
Chen Rongzhong 2016 [25] | Acupoint catgut embedding | 47 | 42.8 ± 2.9 | Acupuncture | 47 | 42.8 ± 2.9 | | | | 8/8 | (1) (2) (5) (12) (16) |
Zhou Hualing 2018 [26] | Acupoint catgut embedding + TCM | 28 (4/24) | 30.67 ± 2.48 | Acupuncture | 28 (3/25) | 31.25 ± 2.07 | | | | 16/4 | (1) (2) (3) (5) (12) |
Zheng Xiao 2015 [27] | Acupoint catgut embedding | 40 (4/36) | 15–56 | Electroacupuncture | 40 (3/37) | 14–60 | | | | 12/12 | (1) (3) (5) |
Guo Wenjiang 2014 [28] | Acupoint catgut embedding | 36 (14/22) | 33.6 ± 1.5 | Acupuncture | 35 (11/24) | 34.2 ± 1.5 | | | | 6/6 | (1) |
Zhang Hong 2017 [29] | Acupoint catgut embedding | 40 (22/18) | 61.35 ± 3.11 | Acupuncture | 40 (23/17) | 61.26 ± 3.07 | | | | 12/12 | (1) (2) (3) (5) (7) (8) (10) (11) (12) |
Zhao Huayi 2015 [30] | Acupoint catgut embedding | 50 (2/48) | 25–60 | Electroacupuncture | 50 (2/48) | 23–60 | | | | 4/6 | (1) (2) (3) (5) (12) |
Yao Rujie 2014 [31] | Acupoint catgut embedding | 25 (10/15) | 38.3 ± 9.83 | Acupuncture | 25 (9/16) | 37.78 ± 9.27 | | | | 12/12 | (1) (4) (5) (6) (12) (17) |
Chen Zeli 2013 [32] | Acupoint catgut embedding | 40 (5/35) | 39.65 ± 4.82 | Acupuncture | 40 (6/34) | 38.95 ± 4.54 | | | | 6/6 | (1) (2) (3) |
Huang Weixuan 2019 [33] | Acupoint catgut embedding + exercise diet therapy | 100 (29/71) | 48.9 ± 12.1 | Exercise Diet therapy | 100 (26/74) | 49.3 ± 11.8 | | | | 12/12 | (1) (2) (3) (5) (7) (8) (10) |
Yan Bing 2021 [34] | Acupoint catgut embedding | 29 (11/18) | 33.5 ± 9.4 | Acupuncture | 30 (10/20) | 33.7 ± 10.2 | | | | 8/8 | (3) (5) (7) (8) (10) (11) (12) (14) (18) |
Li Lujuan 2016 [35] | Acupoint catgut embedding | 50 (20/30) | 35.2 ± 12.6 | Electroacupuncture | 50 (19/31) | 36.7 ± 11.8 | | | | 8/8 | (1) (2) (3) |
Wang Quan 2018 [36] | Acupoint catgut embedding + TCM | 50 (26/24) | 31.32 ± 2.72 | TCM | 50 (26/24) | 31.31 ± 2.72 | | | | 12/12 | (2) (3) (5) (7) (8) (10) |
Zhao Binbin 2015 [37] | Acupoint catgut embedding + cupping | 30 (4/26) | 32.56 ± 16.62 | Acupoint catgut embedding | 30 (3/27) | 31.98 ± 17.05 | | | | 8/8 | (1) (2) (3) (5) |
Liang Bingjun 2019 [38] | Acupoint catgut embedding + TCM | 40 (24/16) | 41.23 ± 7.41 | TCM | 40 (25/15) | 41.25 ± 7.59 | | | | 4/4 | (1) (2) (3) |
Lv Mingfang 2020 [39] | Acupoint catgut embedding + moxibustion | 40 (25/15) | 30.7 ± 4.1 | Acupoint catgut embedding | 40 (23/17) | 31.5 ± 3.7 | | | | 8/8 | (1) (2) (3) (5) (6) (12) (17) (19) |
Chen Yuanyuan 2015 [40] | Acupoint catgut embedding + acupuncture | 40 | 18–46 | Acupoint catgut embedding | 40 | 18–46 | Acupuncture | 40 | 18–46 | 4/4/4 | (1) |
Hou Sujuan 2016 [41] | Acupoint catgut embedding + acupuncture | 68 (44/24) | 27.1 ± 1.5 | Acupuncture | 68 (45/13) | 26.8 ± 1.2 | | | | 5/5 | (1) (4) (6) (8) |
Tian Feng 2014 [42] | Acupoint catgut embedding | 22 | 26–49 | Acupuncture | 22 | 26–49 | | | | 8/8 | (1) |
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