Acupuncture vs oral corticosteroid: Overall clinical improvement at long‐term
It is very uncertain whether acupuncture changes overall clinical improvement at long‐term compared with oral corticosteroid (very low certainty).
What each review found
Current versions only| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Acupuncture vs oral corticosteroid Overall clinical improvement at long‐term · carpal tunnel syndrome Acupuncture and related interventions for the treatment of symptoms associated with carpal tunnel syndrome (2018) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | no estimate extracted | 1 study · 77 participants | Very low |
Acupuncture vs oral corticosteroid Overall clinical improvement at long‐term · carpal tunnel syndrome It is very uncertain whether acupuncture changes overall clinical improvement at long‐term compared with oral corticosteroid (very low certainty). Acupuncture and related interventions for the treatment of symptoms associated with carpal tunnel syndrome (2018) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | RR 1.34 [1.05, 1.72] | 1 study · 77 participants | Very low |
Acupuncture vs oral corticosteroid Overall clinical improvement at long‐term · carpal tunnel syndrome It is very uncertain whether acupuncture changes overall clinical improvement at long‐term compared with oral corticosteroid (very low certainty). Acupuncture and related interventions for the treatment of symptoms associated with carpal tunnel syndrome (2018) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | RR 1.73 [1.22, 2.45] | 1 study · 77 participants | Very low |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Acupuncture and related interventions for the treatment of symptoms associated with carpal tunnel syndrome 2018 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | Not reported | list not extracted yet | Not assessed |
Studies behind the findings
None of these reviews ties its included studies to this outcome in the data here. Cochrane reviews and reviews with headline outcomes only do not list their studies yet.
How reviews are matched to this question
Reviews word the same question differently. Four decision models (TypeSafe's Jev, Liquid AI's d1-ultra, SubQ Snap and Baseten's Elephant) judged each wording of the population, intervention, comparator and outcome against the others; two wordings count as the same when at least three of them agree and none clearly disagrees, and findings count as this question only when all four elements match. Timing, setting and subgroup never split a question: they are shown on each finding.