• Fang Cao, XingWei He, Cui Guo, JingWei Wang, RuiLin Zeng, LunBin Lu, FanLei Meng, Fenfen Zhao, and ChangKang Wang.
• Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine.
• Medicine (Baltimore). 2021 Feb 26; 100 (8): e24551e24551.

IntroductionThis meta-analysis aims to assess the effectiveness and safety of warm acupuncture therapy for treating Primary sciatica.MethodsThe following 9 databases will be search from their inception to December 6, 2020: MEDLINE, EMBASE, the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL), the Chinese Biomedical Literature Database (CBM), the Chinese Medical Current Content (CMCC), the Wan-Fang Database and the China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI). Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) of warm acupuncture for treating Primary sciatica, Chinese or Japanese without restriction of publication status will be included. Two researchers will independently undertake study selection, extraction of data and assessment of study quality. Meta-analysis will be conducted after screening of studies. Data will be analyzed using risk ratio for dichotomous data, and standardized mean difference or weighted mean difference for continuous data.DisseminationThis meta-analysis will be disseminated electronically through a peer-reviewed publication or conference presentations.ConclusionThis study will provide evidence to judge whether warm acupuncture.Trial Registration NumberINPLASY2020120109.Copyright © 2021 the Author(s). Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc.

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