Review Article

The Effectiveness and Safety of Moxibustion for Treating Knee Osteoarthritis: A PRISMA Compliant Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials

Table 1

Search strategy.

Source: PubMed; searched on June 12, 2019
SearchQuery

#1“knee osteoarthritis” [Ti/Ab] or “knee pain” [Ti/Ab] or “osteoarthritis of knee” [Ti/Ab] or “knee joint osteoarthritis” [Ti/Ab] or “knee arthritis” [Ti/Ab] or “knee gonitis” [Ti/Ab]
#2“moxibustion” [title/abstract]
#3“randomized controlled trial” [Ti/Ab] or “clinical trial” [Ti/Ab]
#4#1 and #2 and #3
#5“knee osteoarthritis” [MeSH]
#6“moxibustion” [MeSH]
#7“randomized controlled trial” [MeSH] or “controlled clinical trial” [MeSH]
#8#5 and #6 and #7
#9#4 or #8