• Lingzhi Wei, Manhua Zhu, Tianzhong Peng, Wei Xiong, and Xinju Hou.
• Nanchang Hongdu Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jiangxi Province, China.
• Medicine (Baltimore). 2020 Dec 18; 99 (51): e23085e23085.

BackgroundScapulohumeral periarthritis is a disease that seriously affects human daily work and life, and greatly reduces peoples quality of life and affects human health all over the world. Now, many studies have shown that acupuncture and rehabilitation have a significant effect on scapulohumeral periarthritis. In this study, network meta-analysis was used to analyze and compare the clinical efficacy and difference of different acupuncture treatments on scapulohumeral periarthritis.MethodsAll patients were diagnosed as scapulohumeral periarthritis by randomized controlled trial. Computer searches will be conducted on CNKI, Wan-Fang databases, VIP, CBM, Pubmed, Cochrane library, Embase, Web of Science. The retrieval period is from the date of database establishment to September 8, 2020. To avoid omissions, we will manually retrieve relevant references and conference papers. Finally, the risk of bias included in the study will be assessed according to the guidelines of the Cochrane Handbook for systematic review of interventions. All data analysis will be performed by Revman 5.3, WinBUGS1.4.3 and Stata14.2.ResultsThe effectiveness of each intervention was quantified. The main results included cure rate, total effective rate, VAS score and shoulder function score.ConclusionObjective to provide evidence-based medicine basis for clinicians to choose more effective acupuncture therapy for scapulohumeral periarthritis.Inplasy Registration Number202090035.Copyright © 2020 the Author(s). Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc.

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