Acupuncture vs sham
Pain (short term) WOMAC scale from 0 to 20 points (higher is worse pain). · patients with hip osteoarthritis
1 finding from 1 review
- no estimate extracted2 studies · 105 participantsModerate
Findings
What do systematic reviews say?
13 questions · 13 findings · 1 reviews · Musculoskeletal
No studies found 2 · 15.4%GRADE not reported 3 · 23.1%Very low 2 · 15.4%Low 4 · 30.8%Moderate 2 · 15.4%High 0 · 0%
Acupuncture vs advice plus exercise
Pain (short‐term) · patients with hip osteoarthritis
The review found no eligible studies for this question.
1 finding from 1 review
- no estimate extractedStudies not reportedNo studies found
Acupuncture vs advice plus exercise
Function (short‐term) · patients with hip osteoarthritis
The review found no eligible studies for this question.
1 finding from 1 review
- no estimate extractedStudies not reportedNo studies found
Acupuncture vs sham
Function (short‐term) WOMAC scale from: 0 to 100 (higher is worse function). · patients with hip osteoarthritis
1 finding from 1 review
- no estimate extracted2 studies · 105 participantsModerate
Acupuncture vs NSAIDs
Pain (short term) WOMAC scale from 0 to 20 points (higher is worse pain). · patients with hip osteoarthritis
1 finding from 1 review
- no estimate extracted1 study · 60 participantsVery low
Acupuncture vs NSAIDs
Function (short‐term) Harris function score from: 0 to 47 (higher is better function). · patients with hip osteoarthritis
1 finding from 1 review
- no estimate extracted1 study · 60 participantsVery low
Acupuncture as an addition to patient education vs education alone
Pain (short term) WOMAC scale from 0 to 20 points (higher is worse pain). · patients with hip osteoarthritis
1 finding from 1 review
- no estimate extracted1 study · 25 participantsGRADE not reported
Acupuncture as an addition to patient education vs education alone
Function (short‐term) DRI scale from: 0 to 100 (higher is worse function). · patients with hip osteoarthritis
1 finding from 1 review
- no estimate extracted1 study · 25 participantsGRADE not reported
Acupuncture as an addition to patient education vs education alone
Quality of life (short‐term) GSI scale from 0 to 10 (higher is worse quality of life). · patients with hip osteoarthritis
1 finding from 1 review
- no estimate extracted1 study · 25 participantsGRADE not reported
Acupuncture as an addition to the routine primary care that trial participants were receiving from their physicians vs routine primary physician care alone
Quality of Life: SF‐36 (physical component) · patients with hip osteoarthritis
1 finding from 1 review
- no estimate extracted1 study · 137 participantsLow
Acupuncture as an addition to the routine primary care that trial participants were receiving from their physicians vs routine primary physician care alone
Quality of life (mental component) (short‐term) SF‐36 physical component scale from 0 to 100 (higher is better quality of life). · patients with hip osteoarthritis
1 finding from 1 review
- no estimate extracted1 study · 137 participantsLow
Acupuncture as an addition to the routine primary care that trial participants were receiving from their physicians vs routine primary physician care alone
Pain (short term) WOMAC scale from 0 to 20 points (higher is worse pain). · patients with hip osteoarthritis
1 finding from 1 review
- no estimate extracted1 study · 137 participantsLow
Acupuncture as an addition to the routine primary care that trial participants were receiving from their physicians vs routine primary physician care alone
Function (short‐term) WOMAC scale from: 0 to 100 (higher is worse function). · patients with hip osteoarthritis
1 finding from 1 review
- no estimate extracted1 study · 137 participantsLow