Effectiveness of Acupuncture in Veterinary Medicine: Systematic Review

摘要: Acupuncture is a popular complementary treatment option in human medicine. Increasingly, owners also seek acupuncture for their animals. The aim of the systematic review reported here was to summarize and assess clinical evidence or against effectiveness veterinary Systematic searches were conducted on Medline, Embase, Amed, Cinahl, Japana Centra Revuo Medicina Chikusan Bunken Kensaku. Hand-searches included conference proceedings, bibliographies, contact with experts associations. There no restrictions regarding language publication. All controlled trials testing any condition domestic animals included. Studies using laboratory excluded. Titles abstracts identified articles read, hard copies obtained. Inclusion exclusion studies, data extraction, validation performed independently by two reviewers. Methodologic quality evaluated means Jadad score. Fourteen randomized 17 nonrandomized met our criteria were, therefore, methodologic these variable but, average, low. For cutaneous pain diarrhea, encouraging exists that warrants further investigation rigorous trials. Single studies some positive intergroup differences spinal cord injury, Cushing's syndrome, lung function, hepatitis, rumen acidosis. These require independent replication. On basis findings this review, there compelling recommend reject Some do exist warrant