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| Author | Year | Type and duration of study | Sample size | Type of intervention | Comparators | Dose | Outcome measure | Findings | Comments |
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| Allam et al. [78] | 2008 | Randomized single blind parallel group
Duration: 9 months | (M 12; F 8)
Age: 4–7 years | Acupuncture (scalp) plus language therapy | Language therapy | Twice weekly | Arabic language test | Significant improvement in the acupuncture group | No placebo condition
No detailed baseline characteristics
Small sample size |
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Chan et al. [79] | 2009 | Randomized parallel group
Duration: 6 weeks | (M 26; F 6)
Age: 4–7 years | Seven-needle star stimulation plus conventional education therapy | Conventional education therapy | One 5–10 min session per day, 5 days per week | Parent’s rating questionnaire, Quantitative EEG | Significant improvement in the acupuncture group | No blinding
No placebo condition
No detailed baseline characteristics
Small sample size
No standardized outcome measures |
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Wong and Chen [80] | 2010 | Randomized double blind placebo controlled parallel group
Duration: 4 weeks | (M 47; F 8)
Age: 3–18 years | Acupuncture (electro) plus convention educational therapy
Drop-out | Sham electroacupuncture plus convention educational therapy
Drop-out | 30 min, 3 times weekly | PEDI, Leiter-R, CGI, ABC, RFRLS, RDLS, and WeeFIM | Significant improvement | Multicomponent intervention and conventional intervention vary from child to child
No power calculation |
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| Wong [81] | 2010 | Randomized double blind placebo controlled parallel group
Duration: 8 weeks | (M 44; F 6)
Age: 3–11 years | Acupuncture (tongue) plus convention educational therapy | Sham acupuncture plus conventional educational therapy | One less than 15 sec session for 5 days per week | Griffiths mental developmental scale, RFRLS, RDLS, SPT, and WeeFIM | Significant improvement | Multicomponent intervention and conventional intervention vary from child to child
No power calculation |
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