Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Review Article

Scalp Acupuncture for Acute Ischemic Stroke: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials

Table 2

The included trials scored according to the risk of bias criteria.
 A BCDEFGHIJKL
Tang and Sun 1996 [22]−−−−−?+?++−+
Yu et al. 2004 [23]−−−−−++?++++
Wei et al. 2005 [24]−−−−−−−?+++−
Xu et al. 2007 [25]−−−−−++?++++
Chen and Jing 2008 [26]+−−−−−+?++++
Yu et al. 2010 [27]+−−−−++?++++
Zhang et al. 2011 [28]−−−−−++?++++
Zhu and Huang 2011 [29]−−−−−++?++++
A: adequate sequence generation; B: concealment of allocation; C: Blinding (patient); D: blinding (investigator); E: blinding (assessor); F: intention-to-treat analysis (ITT analysis); G: incomplete outcome data addressed(drop-outs); H: free of selective reporting; I: similarity at baseline; J: cointerventions constant; K: compliance acceptable; L: timing outcome assessments similar. +: Yes, −: No, ?: Unclear.