Acupuncture for
Psoriasis Vulgaris
The purpose of this review was to evaluate the efficacy and
safety of acupuncture therapies in the treatment of psoriasis vulgaris. Embase,
CENTRAL, PubMed, AMED, CINAHL, CNKI, CQVIP, CBM, and Wanfang databases were
searched from inceptions to May 2013 for prospective randomized controlled
trials evaluating acupuncture therapies for psoriasis vulgaris. No language
limitations were applied. Studies were assessed using the Cochrane risk of bias
tool. The primary outcome was Psoriasis Area Severity Index (PASI) score. Six
studies (involving 522 participants) met the eligibility criteria for this
review, and 5 were included in quantitative analysis. Due to the diversity of
interventions, comparators and reported outcomes, meta-analysis was not
possible. Results from single studies produced conflicting results for the
outcomes PASI reduction, lesion reduction (non-PASI), PASI score, and relapse
rate. There is some evidence of benefit of acupuncture therapies for the
treatment of psoriasis vulgaris. However, the conclusions are limited by the
small number of included trials and conflicting results from single studies.
More research is needed to clarify the effect of acupuncture therapies for
psoriasis vulgaris.
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