Medicine
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The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness and safety of electroacupuncture combined with rehabilitation in the treatment of spasticity after stroke. ⋯ INPLASY202160005.
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Depression is a common mental illness often associated with insomnia. Baduanjin exercise has been found to improve depressive symptoms and has also been found to have good effects on insomnia. However, there are no rigorous clinical studies to evaluate the effects of Baduanjin exercise on depressed patients with insomnia, so this randomized controlled trial will evaluate the efficacy of Qigong Baduanjin exercise in treating depression with insomnia. ⋯ This study will evaluate the efficacy and safety of Baduanjin exercise in the treatment of depression with insomnia, and the results of this study will provide a clinical basis for the treatment of depression with insomnia.Trial registration: OSF Registration number: DOI 10.17605/OSF.IO/KC48H.
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Hip synovitis is a common hip disorder in children and a frequent cause of hip or groin pain in children. Its onset is rapid and poses a threat to patient health. Conventional treatment methods have suboptimal efficacy and large side effects. Clinical study surface, the therapeutic effect of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) on hip synovitis in children is obvious. Therefore, we aimed to systematically review the efficacy and safety of TCM on hip synovitis in children. ⋯ This systematic review explores the efficacy and safety of TCM for the treatment of hip synovitis in children and provides an update on its clinical use.
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In recent years, many clinical studies have suggested that various Chinese patent medicines have the potential to treat functional dyspepsia (FD). This study aims to conduct a systematic review and Bayesian network meta-analysis to evaluate the effectiveness of different Chinese patent medicines for FD. ⋯ This study aims to provide new options for Chinese patent medicine treatment of FD in terms of its efficacy and safety.
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During the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, convenient accessibility and rapid publication of studies related to the ongoing pandemic prompted shorter preparation time for studies. Whether the methodological quality and reporting characteristics of published systematic reviews (SRs)/meta-analyses are affected during the specific pandemic condition is yet to be clarified. This study aimed to evaluate the epidemiology, methodological quality, and reporting characteristics of published SRs/meta-analyses related to COVID-19. ⋯ The rate of compliance to the preferred reporting items for SRs and meta-analyses checklists of reporting characteristics ranged from 14.9% to 100%. The rate of compliance to the items of protocol and registration, detailed search strategy, and assessment of publication bias was less than 50%. SRs/meta-analyses on COVID-19 were poorly conducted and reported, and thus, need to be substantially improved.