Acupuncture in the Treatment of Abnormal Muscle Tone in Children with Cerebral Palsy: A Meta-Analysis

Table 1

Basic characteristics of the included studies.

Inclusion study	Random method	Age	Baseline level	Sample size		Control	Treatment	Outcome	Course of treatment
				Control	Treatment
Ao et al. [9]	Unknown	3–9 years	Same	40	40	A	AB	①	6 months
Bao et al. [10]	Random number table	6–14 years	Same	39	39	A	AB	①	2 months
Chen et al. [11]	Random number table	0.6–8 years	Same	52	52	A	AB	①	3 months
Chen et al. [12]	Random number table	1–5 years	Same	64	64	A	AB	①	3 months
Chen et al. [13]	Random number table	0.6–6 years	Same	45	45	A	AB	①③	1 month
Ding et al. [14]	Random number table	0.5–7 years	Same	34	34	A	AB	①③	12 weeks
Hong et al. [15]	Unknown	0.3–3 years	Same	31	31	A	AB	①③	1 month
Li [16]	Random number table	2–6 years	Same	30	30	A	AB	①	12 weeks
Liang [17]	Random number table	2–10 years	Same	40	40	A	AB	①②	8 weeks
Wang [18]	Unknown	2–12 years	Same	40	41	A	AB	①③	3 months
Wu [19]	Unknown	0–3 years	Same	40	38	A	AB	①③	3 months
Wu [20]	Random number table	1–10 years	Same	53	53	A	AB	①	12 weeks
Xie [21]	Random draw lots	2–10 years	Same	42	42	A	AB	①	3 months
Zhang and Liu [22]	Visit order	2–6 years	Same	30	30	A	AB	①②	20 days
Zhang et al. [23]	Random number table	0–3 years	Same	31	31	A	AB	②	45 days

Note: A, routine treatment (excluding acupuncture treatment), and B, acupuncture combined with routine treatment. ① MAS muscle tone score, ② iEMG gastrocnemius myoelectric score, and ③ effective rate.