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KMID : 0363320170380040433
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Journal of Korean Oriental Internal Medicine
2017 Volume.38 No. 4 p.433 ~ p.442
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A Review of Acupuncture for the Treatment of Raynaud’s Disease
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Jeon Sang-Woo
Kim Ho
Jeong Ju-Hui
Jang In-Soo
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Abstract
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Objectives: The purpose of this study was to assess the effectiveness of acupuncture for the treatment of Raynaud’s disease.
Methods: This review was conducted using nine electronic databases (CINAHL, CiNii, CNKI, EMBASE, J-STAGE, NDSL, OASIS, PubMed, and WANFANG) and the keywords “Raynaud’s disease”, “Raynaud disease”, “acupuncture”, and “needling”. Only randomized controlled trials (RCTs) using acupuncture for Raynaud’s disease were included, and the methodological quality of the trials was assessed using the Cochrane risk-of-bias tool.
Results: After screening, six RCTs were selected among 67, and the total effective rate and peripheral blood flow were used as evaluation methods. In five studies, the total effective rate was significantly higher in the intervention group than in the control group. In three studies, peripheral blood flow was higher in the intervention group than in the control group, with two studies being statistically significant and the remaining study not being statistically significant.
Conclusions: Acupuncture could be a suitable treatment without adverse effects for Raynaud’s disease because it improves peripheral blood flow. However, further studies, including randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind methods, and clear evaluation criteria are needed.
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KEYWORD
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Raynaud’s disease, acupuncture, Korean medicine, review
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