TY - JOUR
T1 - Systematic review and meta-analysis of the anti-obesity effect of cupping therapy
AU - Kang, Doyoung
AU - Shin, Woo Chul
AU - Kim, Taeoh
AU - Kim, Sungha
AU - Kim, Hyungsuk
AU - Cho, Jae Heung
AU - Song, Mi Yeon
AU - Chung, Won Seok
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2023/6/16
Y1 - 2023/6/16
N2 - Background: Cupping therapy is a common practice in Korean medicine. Despite developments in this clinical and research area, the current knowledge is insufficient to identify the effects of cupping therapy on obesity. We aimed to assess the effects and safety of cupping therapy on obesity by performing a systematic review and meta-analysis of the effects of cupping therapy. Methods: A systematic search of databases was conducted, including MEDLINE/PubMed, EMBASE, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, Chinese National Knowledge Infrastructure, Citation Information by the National Institute of Informatics, KoreaMed, Oriental Medicine Advanced Searching Integrated System, and ScienceON, for full-text randomized controlled trials (RCTs) published through January 14, 2023, with no language restrictions. The experimental groups received cupping therapy combined with traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) and conventional therapy. The control groups received no treatment, conventional therapy, or TCM treatments alone. The experimental and control groups were compared in terms of body weight (BW), body mass index (BMI), hip circumference (HC), waist circumference (WC), waist-hip ratio (WHR), and body fat percentage (BFP). We evaluated the risk of bias using the 7 domains stipulated by the Cochrane Collaboration Group and performed a meta-analysis using Cochrane Collaboration software (Review Manager Software Version 5.3). Results: A total of 21 RCTs were included in this systematic review and meta-analysis. The analysis revealed improvements in BW (P<.001), BMI (P<.001), HC (P=.03), and WC (P<.001). However, there were no clinically significant changes in WHR (P=.65) or BFP (P=.90), both of which had very low certainty of evidence. No adverse events were reported. Conclusion: Overall, our results show that cupping therapy can be used to treat obesity in terms of BW, BMI, HC, and WC and is a safe intervention for the treatment of obesity. However, the conclusions of this review should be interpreted with caution in clinical practice because of the uncertain quality of the included studies.
AB - Background: Cupping therapy is a common practice in Korean medicine. Despite developments in this clinical and research area, the current knowledge is insufficient to identify the effects of cupping therapy on obesity. We aimed to assess the effects and safety of cupping therapy on obesity by performing a systematic review and meta-analysis of the effects of cupping therapy. Methods: A systematic search of databases was conducted, including MEDLINE/PubMed, EMBASE, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, Chinese National Knowledge Infrastructure, Citation Information by the National Institute of Informatics, KoreaMed, Oriental Medicine Advanced Searching Integrated System, and ScienceON, for full-text randomized controlled trials (RCTs) published through January 14, 2023, with no language restrictions. The experimental groups received cupping therapy combined with traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) and conventional therapy. The control groups received no treatment, conventional therapy, or TCM treatments alone. The experimental and control groups were compared in terms of body weight (BW), body mass index (BMI), hip circumference (HC), waist circumference (WC), waist-hip ratio (WHR), and body fat percentage (BFP). We evaluated the risk of bias using the 7 domains stipulated by the Cochrane Collaboration Group and performed a meta-analysis using Cochrane Collaboration software (Review Manager Software Version 5.3). Results: A total of 21 RCTs were included in this systematic review and meta-analysis. The analysis revealed improvements in BW (P<.001), BMI (P<.001), HC (P=.03), and WC (P<.001). However, there were no clinically significant changes in WHR (P=.65) or BFP (P=.90), both of which had very low certainty of evidence. No adverse events were reported. Conclusion: Overall, our results show that cupping therapy can be used to treat obesity in terms of BW, BMI, HC, and WC and is a safe intervention for the treatment of obesity. However, the conclusions of this review should be interpreted with caution in clinical practice because of the uncertain quality of the included studies.
KW - cupping
KW - meta-analysis
KW - obesity
KW - systematic review
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U2 - 10.1097/MD.0000000000034039
DO - 10.1097/MD.0000000000034039
M3 - Review article
C2 - 37327262
AN - SCOPUS:85162898744
SN - 0025-7974
VL - 102
SP - E34039
JO - Medicine (United States)
JF - Medicine (United States)
IS - 24
ER -