From: Acupuncture for ankle sprain: systematic review and meta-analysis
Author (year) | Treatment (no. of participants analyzed/randomized) | Outcome measures | Results |
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Acupuncture as an add-on treatment | |||
Sun (2011) [24] | (A) MA + functional exercise (41/41) | 1) PRGA* at 14 d | 1) NS |
(B) Functional exercise (41/41) | 2) Time to cure (d) | 2) (A) significantly better than (B) | |
Zheng (2010) [25] | (A) MA + PRICE (≤ 24 h), MA + EA (≥ 24 h) (40/40†; 27/40‡) | 1) PRGA* at 15 d | 1) (A) significantly better than (B) |
(B) PRICE (≤ 24 h), EA (≥ 24 h) (33/33†; 12/33‡) | 2) Time to cure | 2) NS | |
Wei (2010) [37] | (A) WA + massage (30/30) | PRGA§ at 10 d | NS |
(B) TENS + massage (30/30) | |||
Tang (2010) [38] | (A) EA + massage + IR (30/30) | 1) PRGA * at 10 d | 1) (A) significantly better than (B) |
(B) Massage + IR (30/30†; 25/30‡) | 2) Recurrence rate at 6 month follow-up (%) | 2) NS | |
He (2010) [36] | (A) WA + small needle-knife therapy + drug injection + rehabilitation (87/87) | 1) Pain (VAS) at immediately and two yrs after treatment | 1) (A) significantly better than (B) |
2) (A) significantly better than (B) | |||
(B) Small needle-knife therapy + drug injection + rehabilitation (87/87) | |||
2) QOL (SF-36) at immediately and two yrs after treatment | |||
(C) WA + rehabilitation (87/87) | |||
He (2006) [29] | (A) MA + PRICE (≤ 24 h), EA + WA (≥ 24 h) (46/46†; 31/46‡) | 1) PRGA* at 15 d | 1) (A) significantly better than (B) |
(B) PRICE (≤ 24 h), EA (≥ 24 h) (33/33†; 12/33‡) | 2) Time to cure | 2) NS | |
Li (2002) [31] | (A) MA + oral/topical HM (23/23) | PRGA* at 8 d | (A) significantly better than (B) |
(B) Oral/topical HM (23/23) | |||
Ge (2000) [32] | (A) MA + oral HM (50/50) | PRGA§ at 10 d | NS |
(B) Oral HM (30/30) | |||
Yu (1999) [33] | (A) MA + topical NSAIDs (50/50) | PRGA††at 7 d | NS |
(B) Topical NSAIDs (50/50) | |||
(C) MA (50/50) | |||
Yu (2) (1999) [34] | (A) MA + topical NSAIDs + ice pack (30/30) | PRGA††at 7 d | (A) significantly better than (B), (C), or (D) |
(B) Topical NSAIDs + ice pack (30/30) | |||
(C) Ice pack (30/30) | |||
(D) MA (30/30) | |||
Yu (1996) [35] | (A) MA + topical HM + ice pack (30/30) | PRGA§ at 7 d | (A) significantly better than (B) |
(B) Topical HM + ice pack (30/30) | |||
(C) Ice pack (30/30) | |||
(D) MA (30/30) | |||
Ruan (1995) [40] | (A) MA + massage (116/116) | PRGA‡‡ | NS |
(B) MA (112/112) | |||
(C) Massage (110/110) | |||
Acupuncture alone vs. other therapy | |||
Ni (2010) [26] | (A) MA (64/64†; 61/64‡) | 1) PRGA* at 3 d | 1) (A) significantly better than (B) |
(B) Ice pack (≤ 24 h), hot pack (≥ 24 h) + oral HM + IR (59/59†; 45/59‡) | 2) Time to cure | 2) NS | |
Luo (2009) [27] | (A) EA (23/23) | PRGA* at 4 wks | NS |
(B) Topical NSAIDs (23/23) | |||
Zhou (2008) [28] | (A) WA (26/26) | PRGA** at 5 d | (A) significantly better than (B) |
(B) IR (23/23) | |||
Zhao (2005) [30] | (A) EA (43/43) | PRGA* at 4 wks | NS |
(B) Oral/topical NSAIDs + hot pack (33/33) | |||
Wang (2005) [39] | (A) EA (27/27) | PRGA* at 5 d | (A) significantly better than (B) |
 | (B) IR (30/30) |  |  |