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Effectiveness and Safety of Acupuncture Combined with Bloodletting Cupping Therapy in the Treatment of Scapulohumeral Periarthritis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

World Journal of Clinical Medicine Research | Vol 5, Issue 1

Table 1. Characteristics of the included studies

Included studiesParticipants (Experimental group/Control group)InterventionDuation (days)Age (year)Outcome
Experimental groupControl group
Chen 2009 [11]30/28Pricking cupping +AA60T:52±1.56
C:53±1.25
①②
Zhang 2010 [12]60/60Pricking cupping +BB20T:—
C:—
Li 2014 [13]60/60Pricking cupping +AA2843-61
Chen 2015 [14]38/38Pricking cupping +B  B28T:51.28±7.23
C:53.13±6.35
①②
Zheng 2015 [15]30/30Pricking cupping +B  B28T:54.50±5.01
C:54.23±5.84
①②
Jiang 2016 [16]60/60Pricking cupping +B  B20T:—
C:—
Huang 2017 [17]26/26Pricking cupping +B  B12T:53.1±5.5
C:52.6±5.6
Wang 2018 [18]39/39Pricking cupping+CC4T:53.36±7.25
C:52.20±8.39
①④
Nie 2018 [19]30/30Pricking cupping+DD14T:48.20±4.397
C:48.30±4.170
①②③
Huang 2019 [20]39/37Pricking cupping +B  B20T:52.81±7.84
C:53.16±8.23
Liu 2019 [21]42/42Pricking cupping+CC20T:52.46±4.17
C:53.18±3.96
Zhang 2020 [22]25/25Pricking cupping +B  B10T:52.4±5.3
C:51.2±3.6
①④
Xu 2020 [23]30/30Pricking cupping +B  B28T:55.37±5.29
C:54.60±5.24
Wang 2020 [24]32/32Pricking cupping +B  B28T:44.25±0.17
C:45.28±0.25
①②③
Wang 2021 [25]50/50Pricking cupping +B  B28T:61.8±2.7
C:62.4±2.6
Zhu 2021 [26]50/50Pricking cupping+CC28T:51.32±2.16
C:51.29±2.12
①③
Gou 2021 [27]40/40Pricking cupping+CC20T:52.20±2.71
C:52.18±2.75
Fang 2021 [28]50/50Pricking cupping+CC30T:53.16±1.34
C:53.34±1.31
Yang 2021 [29]42/42Pricking cupping+CC22T:53.95±3.92
C:53.89±3.87
①②
Huang 2022 [30]36/36Pricking cupping+CC10T:50.78±2.98
C:51.21±3.23
①③
Deng 2022 [31]30/30Pricking cupping +AA9T:60.63±6.73
C:59.3±7.97
①②
Su 2022 [32]50/50Pricking cupping+CC20T:53.13±3.40
C:52.12±3.46
①②

Note: T=Experimental group; C=Control group; ① Total Clinical effective rate; ② Pain; ③ range of motion; ④ Relapse rate; A: Electroacupuncture B: Acupuncture C: Warm acupuncture D: acupotomy