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KMID : 0895820210310010137
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Journal of Oriental Rehabilitation Medicine
2021 Volume.31 No. 1 p.137 ~ p.147
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Randomized Controlled Trials of Acupuncture for Healthy Volunteers in Korea: A Systematic Review
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Sagong Hye-Seon
Kim Hyun-Tae
Heo In
Shin Byung-Cheul
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Abstract
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Objectives : Domestic acupuncture research is being actively conducted in various fields. The aim of this study is to systematically analyze the current acupuncture randomized controlled trials (RCTs) conducted on healthy volunteers.
Methods : We searched RCTs by the search terms of (acupuncture & random & healthy) in 10 electronic databases and related journals. Then, we analyzed the characteristics and assessed the risk of bias by Cochrane tool.
Results : Finally, 49 acupuncture RCTs on health volunteers were included in our analysis. The purpose of research could be classified into five major categories: (1) checking the effects on physiological function, (2) comparing the effects of different acupuncture/acupuncture methods, (3) a study confirming improvement after inducing a specific condition, (4) a sham acupuncture study, and (5) a comparison of acupuncture sense. The Cochrane risk of bias was generally high, especially only 1 trial adopted allocation concealment (1/49, 2.0%) and 9 ones with assessor blinding (9/49, 18.4%).
Conclusions : Acupuncture RCTs in healthy subjects have confirmed various effects in various age/sex groups. However the research quality should be updated for future clinical research and to draw clear conclusion within rigorous methodology.
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KEYWORD
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Acupuncture, Healthy volunteers, Randomized controlled trial, Systematic review
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