The efficacy and safety of electrical acupoint stimulation (EAS) for knee osteoarthritis (KOA): A GRADE-assessed systematic review, meta-analysis and trial sequential analysis

• Guangyi Yang,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations School of Acupuncture-Moxibustion and Tuina, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China, Graduate School, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China

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• Rong Zhang,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Validation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation The Third Clinical Medical College, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China

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• Botan Xu,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation School of Nursing, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China

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• Yi Yang,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation School of Chinese Medicine, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China

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• Yuxuan Wang,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Validation

  Affiliation School of Chinese Medicine, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China

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• Wenjing Xu ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: jingwenxu2013@pku.edu.cn

  Affiliation School of Acupuncture-Moxibustion and Tuina, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China

  https://orcid.org/0009-0004-7860-6552

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• Pengwei Li,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Acupuncture-Moxibustion and Tuina, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China

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• Aotian Yu,

  Roles Investigation, Validation, Visualization

  Affiliation School of Acupuncture-Moxibustion and Tuina, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China

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• Simin Ning,

  Roles Validation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation School of Acupuncture-Moxibustion and Tuina, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China

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• Qixuan Fu,

  Roles Writing – original draft

  Affiliation School of Acupuncture-Moxibustion and Tuina, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China

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• Jianfeng Tu

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Acupuncture-Moxibustion and Tuina, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China

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