Investigation of Clinical Research of Acupuncture Treatment on Urinary Incontinence in Medline

Abstract

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to examine acupuncture and moxibustion treatment suggested on the papers of urinary incontinence(UI) in medicine journals and to establish the future direction.Methods: The papers which were associated with acupuncture and HG published between 1992 and 2012 in Medline and Scopus were searched.Results: 14 studies met the condition. They were 3 randomized controlled trials (RCTs) and 5 clinical studies. 8 studies revealed that acupuncture and moxibustion have efficacies in UI.Conclusions: From the paper research, acupuncture and moxibustion treatment seem to be effective on UI. However, due to the lack sufficient research of UI, it would be necessary to fulfill further study about the period of acupuncture and moxibustion treatment on UI and the selection of acupoint through well-designed study and establish standard of evidence of them.