Clinical Evaluation of Acupuncture as Treatment for Complications of Cerebrovascular Accidents: A Randomized, Sham-Controlled, Subject- and Assessor-Blind Trial
Table 1
Baseline characteristics of randomized subjects.
Acupuncture ()
Sham acupuncture ()
value
Male, (%)
19 (67.86%)
11 (55.00%)
0.385
Female, (%)
9 (33.33%)
9 (45.00%)
Image finding: infarct, (%)
14 (50%)
17 (80%)
Image finding: hemorrhage, (%)
14 (50%)
3 (20%)
Hypertension, (%)
22 (78.57%)
13 (65.00%)
0.34
Diabetes, (%)
5 (17.86%)
6 (30.00%)
0.49
Heart disease, (%)
5 (17.86%)
4 (13.30%)
1.00
Hyperlipidemia, (%)
0 (0.00%)
1 (5.00%)
0.42
Age (mean ± SD)
0.09
Height (mean ± SD)
0.78
Weight (mean ± SD)
0.18
Prescore of Barthel Index (mean ± SD)
0.93
Prescore of Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (male) (mean ± SD)
1.00
Prescore of Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (female) (mean ± SD)
1.00
Prescore of National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (mean ± SD)
0.22
Prescore of Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (mean ± SD)
0.62
Prescore of Visual Analogue Scale for pain (mean ± SD)
