Table 8.
Results of Network Meta-Analysis of WOMAC Joint Function Scores of Different Acupuncture Treatments for KOA
| Moxibustion | 4.62 (−5.64, 15.13) | −1.34 (−12.71, 9.91) | 4.77 (−7.97, 16.18) | 5.87 (−6.31, 18.18) | −0.73 (−12.02, 10.72) | 7.49 (−8.94, 24.30) | −3.96 (−16.47, 8.98) |
| −4.62 (−15.13, 5.64) | Western medicine | −6.00 (−10.38, −1.98) | 0.13 (−16.45, 15.20) | 1.22 (−5.20, 7.31) | −5.38 (−9.77, −1.32) | 2.85 (−9.80, 15.53) | −8.54 (−15.74, −1.59) |
| 1.34 (−9.91, 12.71) | 6.00 (1.98, 10.38) | Electro-acupuncture | 6.12 (−10.79, 21.85) | 7.21 (1.00, 13.55) | 0.59 (−3.53, 4.88) | 8.91 (−3.79, 21.62) | −2.56 (−9.23, 3.89) |
| −4.77 (−16.18, 7.97) | −0.13 (−15.20, 16.45) | −6.12 (−21.85, 10.79) | Sham moxibustion | 1.04 (−15.13, 18.93) | −5.55 (−21.20, 11.29) | 2.71 (−16.74, 23.65) | −8.72 (−25.39, 9.18) |
| −5.87 (−18.18, 6.31) | −1.22 (−7.31, 5.20) | −7.21 (−13.55, −1.00) | −1.04 (−18.93, 15.13) | Conventional acupuncture | −6.59 (−12.86, −0.30) | 1.65 (−9.28, 12.84) | −9.75 (−18.21, −1.32) |
| 0.73 (−10.72, 12.02) | 5.38 (1.32, 9.77) | −0.59 (−4.88, 3.53) | 5.55 (−11.29, 21.20) | 6.59 (0.30, 12.86) | Warm needle | 8.30 (−4.31, 20.98) | −3.14 (−9.22, 2.94) |
| −7.49 (−24.30, 8.94) | −2.85 (−15.53, 9.80) | −8.91 (−21.62, 3.79) | −2.71 (−23.65, 16.74) | −1.65 (−12.84, 9.28) | −8.30 (−20.98, 4.31) | Sham acupuncture | −11.48 (−25.41, 2.64) |
| 3.96 (−8.98, 16.47) | 8.54 (1.59, 15.74) | 2.56 (−3.89, 9.23) | 8.72 (−9.18, 25.39) | 9.75 (1.32, 18.21) | 3.14 (−2.94, 9.22) | 11.48 (−2.64, 25.41) | Fire needle |
Notes: The above data represent the confidence interval. The bold font indicates that there was a statistically significant difference between the two treatments.