Review Article
Effect of Acupuncture Intervention and Manipulation Types on Poststroke Dysarthria: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Table 3
Meta-ANOVA results of acupuncture treatments for dysarthria according to manipulation types.
| Manipulation type | Number of groups | Effect size and 95% CI | Test for heterogeneity | Test for subgroup differences | Risk ratio | Lower limit | Upper limit | Q-value | I2 (%) | Q-value (DoF) | value |
| Number of needles | Large (n = 7) | 1.318 | 1.169 | 1.485 | 11.39 | 47.3 | 0.29 (1) | 0.592 | Small (n = 8) | 1.371 | 1.261 | 1.490 | 9.230 | 24.1 | Distribution of needles | Local (n = 12) | 1.350 | 1.247 | 1.463 | 18.32 | 40.0 | 0.03 (1) | 0.867 | Broad (n = 3) | 1.328 | 1.108 | 1.593 | 3.890 | 48.6 | Bleeding of sublingual veins | Bleeding (n = 12) | 1.380 | 1.281 | 1.488 | 14.38 | 23.5 | 2.02 (1) | 0.155 | Nonbleeding (n = 3) | 1.233 | 1.075 | 1.413 | 3.69 | 45.8 | Intensity of manipulation | Strong (n = 13) | 1.341 | 1.257 | 1.431 | 14.40 | 16.7 | 0.17 (1) | 0.681 | Weak (n = 2) | 1.509 | 0.863 | 2.641 | 7.39 | 86.5 | Depth of needling | Deep (n = 6) | 1.239 | 1.142 | 1.325 | 4.95 | 0.0 | 3.74 (1) | 0.053 | Superficial (n = 9) | 1.402 | 1.276 | 1.540 | 13.47 | 40.6 | Repetition of manipulation | Repetition (n = 8) | 1.355 | 1.240 | 1.482 | 11.44 | 38.8 | 0.04 (1) | 0.835 | Nonrepetition (n = 7) | 1.334 | 1.180 | 1.508 | 10.73 | 44.1 |
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CI: confidence interval, DoF: degrees of freedom.
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