Evaluation of the effectiveness and safety of cupping therapy in the treatment of asthma : A protocol for systematic review and meta-analysis
Review question / Objective: “The aim of this systematic review is to compare Cupping therapy and Non cupping therapy in terms of efficacy and acceptability in the asthma to better inform clinical practice. To this end, the proposed systematic review will address the following question: Which is the best choice to reduce PEF, FVC, and FEV1, in asthma patients, Cupping therapy or Non cupping therapy ?”. Information sources: The protocol was prepared based on the preferred reporting project of the systematic review and meta-analysis protocol statement guidelines. Our research does not require ethical approval, as all analyses will be based on aggregated data from previously published studies. We will search the following Chinese and English databases: China National Knowledge Infrastructure, China Science and Periodical Database, Wanfang Database, China Biomedical Literature Database, PubMed, Embase, Cochrane Library.All of the above electronic databases will be searched from inception to August 22, 2021. In addition, we will manually search for conference papers, ongoing experiments and internal reports to supplement the studies retrieved via electronic search.