• Mengke Jin, Lin Jiao, Jun Li, Daocheng Zhu, Wei Xu, Genping Zhong, Zhiwen Cao, and Xuefang Liu.
• Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine.
• Medicine (Baltimore). 2021 Mar 26; 100 (12): e25249e25249.

BackgroundObesity has become one of the largest chronic diseases in the world. It is a chronic metabolic disease caused by various factors. In recent years, massage has been used more and more widely in the treatment of obesity diseases. However, the effectiveness and safety of massage in the treatment of adult obesity are still unclear. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness and safety of massage in the treatment of adult obesity.MethodsWe will conduct a comprehensive review in Medline, PubMed, Cochrane System Evaluation Database, embbase, Chinese Biomedical Literature Database, China National Knowledge Infrastructure, Wang Fang Database, Chinese Science Journal Database. There is no language restriction for the literature search from its establishment to February 2021. In addition, we will manually search for references to unpublished studies and originally included articles. Reviewers will identify the research, extract the data, and independently assess the quality. Results of interest include: total effective rate; total nasal symptom score; rhinitis quality-of-life questionnaire; visual analog scale; laboratory test indicators: IgE, IL6, IL10, or TNF-α levels; recurrence rate; adverse events. Randomized clinical trials will be collected, the Cochrane bias risk assessment tool will be used to assess methodological quality, and recommendations, evaluation, development, and evaluation methods will be used to assess the level of evidence. The meta-analysis will be performed using RevMan 5.4.0 software. A heterogeneity test will be conducted between studies, and P <.1 and I2> 50% are the thresholds for testing. According to the degree of heterogeneity, we will use a fixed effects model or a random effects model.ResultsThe results of this study will provide sufficient evidence to judge whether massage is an effective and safe treatment for adult obesity.ConclusionsThis study will provide evidence to determine whether massage is an effective intervention for Adult obesity. The research results will also be published in a peer-reviewed journal.Inplasy Registration NumberINPLASY 202120061.Copyright © 2021 the Author(s). Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc.

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