Table 6.
Network meta-analysis comparisons of effectiveness for reducing pain-related disability.
| Fire acupuncture | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| –0.60 (–2.22, 1.02) | Electroacupuncture | |||||||
| –0.76 (–2.68, 1.16) | –0.16 (–1.19, 0.88) | Warm acupuncture | ||||||
| –1.14 (–3.26, 0.97) | –0.54 (–1.91, 0.83) | –0.38 (–1.91, 1.14) | Western medicine | |||||
| –1.35 (–3.43, 0.72) | –0.75 (–2.05, 0.55) | –0.59 (–2.05, 0.87) | –0.21 (–1.83, 1.41) | Acupoint catgut embedding | ||||
| –1.35 (–3.16, 0.47) | –0.75 (–1.57, 0.07) | –0.59 (–1.85, 0.67) | –0.20 (–1.72, 1.31) | 0.00 (–1.45, 1.46) | Sham acupuncture | |||
| –1.52 (–3.73, 0.69) | –0.91 (–2.42, 0.59) | –0.76 (–2.56, 1.05) | –0.37 (–2.38, 1.63) | –0.16 (–2.12, 1.79) | –0.17 (–1.67, 1.33) | No treatment | ||
| –1.68 (–3.44, 0.07) | –1.08 (–1.76, –0.40) | –0.92 (–1.88, 0.04) | –0.54 (–1.73, 0.65) | –0.33 (–1.44, 0.78) | –0.33 (–1.28, 0.61) | –0.17 (–1.78, 1.45) | Manual acupuncture | |
| –2.10 (–4.04, –0.16) | –1.49 (–2.56, –0.43) | –1.34 (–2.60, –0.07) | –0.95 (–2.40, 0.49) | –0.74 (–2.13, 0.64) | –0.75 (–2.00, 0.51) | –0.58 (–2.39, 1.23) | –0.41 (–1.24, 0.41) | Usual care |
Bold and indicate that SMD < 0.00 is statistically significant.