A Systematic Review of Acupuncture for Tennis Elbow

This review analyzed randomized controlled trials and case reports to identify the effectiveness, and level of evidence showing that acupuncture treatment aids the recovery of patients with tennis elbow. A literature search was performed between $1^{st}$ to $10^{th}$ September, 2019 which used PubMe...

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Published inJournal of acupuncture research Vol. 36; no. 4; pp. 211 - 219
Main Authors Oh, Ji Hye, Lee, Yun Kyu, Kim, Jae Soo, Lee, Hyun Jong, Lim, Sung Chul
Format Journal Article
LanguageKorean
Published 2019
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acupuncture
lateral epicondylitis
tennis elbow
systematic review
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Summary:This review analyzed randomized controlled trials and case reports to identify the effectiveness, and level of evidence showing that acupuncture treatment aids the recovery of patients with tennis elbow. A literature search was performed between $1^{st}$ to $10^{th}$ September, 2019 which used PubMed, the Cochrane library, the Korean databases Oriental Medicine Advanced Searching Integrated System, Korean Studies Information Service System to retrieve Korean and international studies. Amongst the 243 articles retrieved there were 9 randomized controlled trials and 18 case reports. The level of evidence for the recovery of patients with tennis elbow, for efficacy and safety of acupuncture was low. It was observed that the studies had a high risk of bias, missing acupuncture details, multiple combinations of treatments rather than a single treatment, insufficient indicators of assessment, and lacked robustness. Compliance with international standards such as using consolidated standards of reporting trials, will improve the quality of evidence.
Bibliography:KISTI1.1003/JNL.JAKO201934340925941
ISSN:2586-288X
2586-2898