Meta-Analysis on scalp acupuncture based therapy in treating children cerebral palsy

ObjectiveTo explore the effectiveness of applying scalp acupuncture in treating child cerebral palsy.MethodComputer was adopt to retrieve relevant literature about scalp acupuncture based therapy in treating children cerebral palsy published during 1999–2014 in PubMed, China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI), China Biology Medicine Disc (CBM), VIP database, Wanfang database, Longyuan Electronic Journal and People's University Copying Periodical Resources Full-Text Database. The quality of literature about scalp acupuncture based therapy in treating children cerebral palsy was systematically evaluated and Meta analysis was conducted for integrated data by adopting evidence-based medicine and bibliometrics and through RevMan 5.2 statistical software.ResultsTwo hundred and thirty-four literature were retrieved in total, within which, 7 of them were included. There were 796 cases in included literature, which were divided into a treatment group (416 cases) and a control group (380 cases). The total effective cases in the treatment group was 378, with the total effective rate of 90.9%, and the total effective cases of the control group was 281, with the total effective rate of 73.9%, which could provide evidence for the fact that the treatment of scalp acupuncture has increased the effective rate of child cerebral palsy by 17%. It is shown by Meta analysis that: OR is 0.16, 95% CI is (0.11, 0.21) and combined effect test is Z=6.27, P<0.01, indicating that the combined effect size of several studies included is of statistical significance, and the difference between the control group and the treatment group is statistically significant.ConclusionThe total effective rate of scalp acupuncture based therapy in treating children cerebral palsy is higher than that of modern medicine comprehensive rehabilitation treatment, and the treatment method of scalp acupuncture could be widely applied to clinic; but since articles about scalp acupuncture based therapy in treating children cerebral palsy published domestically are not qualified enough, only a few literature are included, hence, more power and strong evidences shall be verified by literature with higher quality.