[Retracted] Timing of Acupuncture Treatment in Peripheral Facial Paralysis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Table 2

Characteristics of included trials and participants.

Included trials	Intervention			Participants			Treatment duration
	Acute stage	Quiescent recovery stage	Recovery stage	Sample size,	Mean age,	Men, (%)
Liang 2004	ACU; ACU+D; D	ACU; ACU+D		480		249 (51.9%)	30 d
Wu 2006	ACU+D	ACU+D		150		71 (47.3%)	60 d
Shen 2009		ACU+D		279		141 (50.5%)	60 d
Qin 2013	ACU+D	ACU+D	ACU+D	120		57 (50.9%)	30 d
Chen 2018	ACU; D			86		47 (54.7%)	10 d
Yang2018	ACU; D			84		51 (60.7%)	36 d
Dong2018	ACU; D			70		44 (62.9%)	28 d
Mao 2019	ACU; ACU+D		ACU+D	90		43 (47.8%)	30 d
Wang 2019	ACU	ACU+D		100		57 (57.0%)	30 d
Zhou 2019	ACU+D	ACU+D		60		34 (56.7%)	30 d
Song 2019	ACU	ACU		62		37 (59.7%)
Li 2011	ACU	ACU	ACU	891		469 (52.6%)	28 d
Yang 2014	ACU; D			120		70 (58.3%)	28 d
Liu 2017	ACU; D			84		40 (47.6%)	28 d
Wang 2018	ACU+D	ACU+D		134		63 (47.0%)	28 d