Efficacy and safety of acupuncture combined with pelvic floor muscle training in the treatment of stress urinary incontinence in women: A systematic review meta-analysis
Acupuncture combined with PFMT can significantly reduce the urine leakage on a 1-hour pad test, and improve the total effective rate and quality of life in female SUI patients. However, the number of included articles are limited, and more high-quality RCTs are needed to validate these results.
Authors
- Dan Zhou (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-4425-0311)
- Shuangquan Zhu
- Liangyi Xiao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-2718-7177)
- Yanli Peng
Institutions
- Second Affiliated Hospital of Hunan University of Traditional Chinese Medicine (CN)
- Changsha Hospital for Maternal and Child Health Care (CN)
- The Eighth Hospital of Xi'an (CN)
- Hunan Provincial Maternal and Child Health Hospital (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Medicine
- Published
- 2025-11-21
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1097/md.0000000000046136
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Pelvic floor disorders treatments
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.67