Efficacy of Acupuncture in Treating Nape Back Myofascial Pain Syndrome: a Comprehensive Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
PeiZhen Zhang, YuJing Zhang, Meng Guo College of Acupuncture and Tuina, Changchun University of Chinese Medicine, Jilin, People’s Republic of ChinaCorrespondence: Meng Guo, Email 55609410@qq.comIntroduction: Acupuncture, in particular, has received increasing attention in pain management in traditio...
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| description | PeiZhen Zhang, YuJing Zhang, Meng Guo College of Acupuncture and Tuina, Changchun University of Chinese Medicine, Jilin, People’s Republic of ChinaCorrespondence: Meng Guo, Email 55609410@qq.comIntroduction: Acupuncture, in particular, has received increasing attention in pain management in traditional medicine treatments. This study evaluated the effectiveness of acupuncture in treating nape back myofascial pain syndrome (MPS).Methods: The literature on randomized controlled trials of acupuncture in the treatment of nape back MPS was retrieved by searching nine databases. Review Manager 5.4 software was used to merge and statistically analyze the extracted data, and Stata 18.0 was used to assess the risk of bias.Results: Finally, 10 randomized controlled trials were included, with a total of 624 samples. The meta-analysis results indicated that acupuncture therapy could lower the NDI score [MD=− 6.64, 95% CI (− 10.95, − 2.33), Z = 3.02, P = 0.003]. Acupuncture demonstrated superiority over the control group in addressing nape back myofascial pain condition, which reflected that the VAS score of the acupuncture treatment group was significantly lower than that of other treatment controls [SMD=− 0.71, 95% CI (− 1.07, − 0.36), Z = 3.94, P < 0.0001]. Furthermore, in contrast to the control group, the improvement of PPT and right flexion CROM and rotation CROM in the acupuncture group was more evident (PPT: [MD = 0.95, 95% CI (0.63, 1.27), P < 0.001]) (right flexion CROM: [MD = 4.86, 95% CI (1.61, 8.12), P = 0.003]), (rotation CROM: [MD = 0.52, 95% CI (0.43,0.61), P < 0.00001]).Conclusion: This study demonstrates that acupuncture is more effective in treating nape back MPS than the control group and provides strong evidence for the effectiveness of acupuncture in treating nape back MPS, filling a gap in the treatment of nape back MPS by Traditional Chinese Medicine.Keywords: nape back myofascial pain syndrome, acupuncture therapy, system evaluation, meta-analysis |
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| spelling | doaj-art-cfc47956953c423ebab4c3c2e55f10602025-08-20T02:48:57ZengDove Medical PressJournal of Pain Research1178-70902025-03-01Volume 1816671681101584Efficacy of Acupuncture in Treating Nape Back Myofascial Pain Syndrome: a Comprehensive Systematic Review and Meta-AnalysisZhang PZhang YGuo MPeiZhen Zhang, YuJing Zhang, Meng Guo College of Acupuncture and Tuina, Changchun University of Chinese Medicine, Jilin, People’s Republic of ChinaCorrespondence: Meng Guo, Email 55609410@qq.comIntroduction: Acupuncture, in particular, has received increasing attention in pain management in traditional medicine treatments. This study evaluated the effectiveness of acupuncture in treating nape back myofascial pain syndrome (MPS).Methods: The literature on randomized controlled trials of acupuncture in the treatment of nape back MPS was retrieved by searching nine databases. Review Manager 5.4 software was used to merge and statistically analyze the extracted data, and Stata 18.0 was used to assess the risk of bias.Results: Finally, 10 randomized controlled trials were included, with a total of 624 samples. The meta-analysis results indicated that acupuncture therapy could lower the NDI score [MD=− 6.64, 95% CI (− 10.95, − 2.33), Z = 3.02, P = 0.003]. Acupuncture demonstrated superiority over the control group in addressing nape back myofascial pain condition, which reflected that the VAS score of the acupuncture treatment group was significantly lower than that of other treatment controls [SMD=− 0.71, 95% CI (− 1.07, − 0.36), Z = 3.94, P < 0.0001]. Furthermore, in contrast to the control group, the improvement of PPT and right flexion CROM and rotation CROM in the acupuncture group was more evident (PPT: [MD = 0.95, 95% CI (0.63, 1.27), P < 0.001]) (right flexion CROM: [MD = 4.86, 95% CI (1.61, 8.12), P = 0.003]), (rotation CROM: [MD = 0.52, 95% CI (0.43,0.61), P < 0.00001]).Conclusion: This study demonstrates that acupuncture is more effective in treating nape back MPS than the control group and provides strong evidence for the effectiveness of acupuncture in treating nape back MPS, filling a gap in the treatment of nape back MPS by Traditional Chinese Medicine.Keywords: nape back myofascial pain syndrome, acupuncture therapy, system evaluation, meta-analysishttps://www.dovepress.com/efficacy-of-acupuncture-in-treating-nape-back-myofascial-pain-syndrome-peer-reviewed-fulltext-article-JPRnape back myofascial pain syndromeacupuncture therapysystem evaluationmeta-analysis |
| spellingShingle | Zhang P Zhang Y Guo M Efficacy of Acupuncture in Treating Nape Back Myofascial Pain Syndrome: a Comprehensive Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Journal of Pain Research nape back myofascial pain syndrome acupuncture therapy system evaluation meta-analysis |
| title | Efficacy of Acupuncture in Treating Nape Back Myofascial Pain Syndrome: a Comprehensive Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis |
| title_full | Efficacy of Acupuncture in Treating Nape Back Myofascial Pain Syndrome: a Comprehensive Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis |
| title_fullStr | Efficacy of Acupuncture in Treating Nape Back Myofascial Pain Syndrome: a Comprehensive Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis |
| title_full_unstemmed | Efficacy of Acupuncture in Treating Nape Back Myofascial Pain Syndrome: a Comprehensive Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis |
| title_short | Efficacy of Acupuncture in Treating Nape Back Myofascial Pain Syndrome: a Comprehensive Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis |
| title_sort | efficacy of acupuncture in treating nape back myofascial pain syndrome a comprehensive systematic review and meta analysis |
| topic | nape back myofascial pain syndrome acupuncture therapy system evaluation meta-analysis |
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