The Effects of Acupuncture on Chronic Knee Pain Due to Osteoarthritis: A Meta-Analysis
Conclusions:
This meta-analysis demonstrates that acupuncture can improve short and long-term physical function, but it appears to provide only short-term pain relief in patients with chronic knee pain due to osteoarthritis.
Level of Evidence:
Therapeutic Level I. See Instructions for Authors for a complete description of levels of evidence.
Source: JBJS - Category: Orthopaedics Authors: Lin, X., Huang, K., Zhu, G., Huang, Z., Qin, A., Fan, S. Tags: Knee Evidence-Based Orthopaedics Source Type: research
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