Pilot Scheme of Health Policy in Stroke Adjuvant Acupuncture Therapy for Acute and Subacute Ischemic Stroke in Taiwan

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Participant flowsheet. *NICU, neurology intensive care unit. **NIHSS, National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale. Scored by one independent physician with certification of American Heart Association Professional Education Center website. ^†mRS, modified Rankin Scale. ^‡KCGMH, the Chang Gung Memorial Hospital-Kaohsiung Medical Center. ^§HPSAAT, the Pilot Scheme of the Health Policy in Stroke Adjuvant Acupuncture Therapy. HPSAAT provides stroke patients elective acupuncture at outpatients and inpatients departments during the first year after stroke onset.