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| Authors, year, reference no. | Patients characteristic (intervention E/control C) | Stroke status | Time after onset | Intervention (intervention E/control C) | Treatment duration | Outcomes |
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| Taylor-Piliae and Coull, 2012, [25] | E (n = 13) mean age (SD): 72.8 ± 10.1; C (n = 12) mean age (SD): 64.5 ± 10.9 | Poststroke limb dysfunction | E: 58.3 m E: 53.9 m | E: Tai Chi; C: routine nursing + weekly phone calls | 60-minute class, 3 times per week, for 12 weeks. | SPPB, 2-minute step test |
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| Au-Yeung et al., 2009, [26] | E (n = 59) mean age (SD): 61.7 ± 10.5; C (n = 55) mean age (SD): 65.9 ± 10.7 | Poststroke limb dysfunction | E: 54.1 ± 79.2 m, E: 64.2 ± 106.4 m | E: Tai Chi; C: general physical therapy | Each week, 1 hour of group practice was supplemented by 3 hours of self-practice, for 12 weeks. | TUGT |
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| Wang et al., 2013, [27] | E (n = 34) mean age (SD): 62.6 ± 5.7; C (n = 34) mean age (SD): 63.3 ± 6.0 | Poststroke limb dysfunction | E: 25.31 ± 21.40 m, C: 15.07 ± 8.51 m | E: Tai Chi + routine rehabilitation exercise; C: routine rehabilitation | 20∼30-minute class, 2 times per day, 10 times per week, for 6 weeks. | FMA-L, BBS, MBI |
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| Huang 2016, [28] | E (n = 8) mean age (SD): 65.00 ± 6.16; C (n = 8) mean age (SD): 63.63 ± 7.37 | Poststroke limb dysfunction | E: 15.13 ± 7.30 m, C: 18.63 ± 31.47 m | E: Tai Chi; C: routine exercise at home + phone calls or home follow-up | 60 min per day, 2 times per week, for 24 weeks. | BBS, TUGT |
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| Wang, 2016, [29] | E (n = 25) mean age (SD): 60.48 ± 8.29; C (n = 25) mean age (SD): 60.92 ± 10.07 | Poststroke limb dysfunction | E: 5.50 ± 2.09 m, C: 5.08 ± 1.56 m | E: Tai Chi; C: routine rehabilitation therapy | 30 min per day, 5 times per week, for 8 weeks. | BBS, MBI, TUGT |
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| Lv, 2012, [30] | E (n = 30) mean age (SD): 66.13 ± 5.81; C (n = 30) mean age (SD): 65.2 ± 5.17 | Poststroke constipation | Unclear | E: auricular plaster + Routine nursing; C: routine nursing | 4 min per acupoint, 4 times per day, for 2 weeks. | Effective rate, number of bowel sounds |
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| Yan, 2012, [31] | E (n = 29) mean age (SD): 64.49 ± 8.56; C (n = 28) mean age (SD): 66.82 ± 9.90 | Poststroke dysphagia | E: 36.03 ± 14.70 d, C: 35.21 ± 17.48 d | E: acupoint massage + routine rehabilitation; C: routine rehabilitation | 20 min each, 2 times per day, for 4 weeks. | Effective rate, WST |
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| Wei, 2016, [32] | E (n = 100) mean age (SD): 58.35 ± 9.52; C (n = 100) mean age (SD): 57.89 ± 9.91 | Poststroke dysphagia | E: 25.21 ± 5.18 d, C: 24.98 ± 5.13 d | E: acupoint massage + routine rehabilitation; C: routine rehabilitation | 15 minutes each, 3 times per day, for 4 weeks. | Effective rate, WST |
| Zhao, 2011, [33] | E (n = 30) mean age (SD): 64.93 ± 8.80; C (n = 30) mean age (SD): 65.03 ± 8.64 | Poststroke dysphagia | E: 58.57 ± 15.08 d, C: 61.33 ± 13.61 d | E: acupoint massage + routine rehabilitation; C: routine rehabilitation | 5 min per acupoint, 2 times per day, for 4 weeks. | Effective rate, WST |
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| Yao et al., 2012, [34] | E (n = 15) mean age (SD): 67.77 ± 10.24; C (n = 15) mean age (SD): 63.33 ± 9.48 | Poststroke dysphagia | E: 26.50 ± 25.07 d, C: 28.43 ± 26.63 d | E: acupoint massage + routine rehabilitation; C: routine rehabilitation | 2 min per acupoint, 20–30 min each, 1 time per day, for 2 weeks. | MAS, SAS, SDS |
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| Hu, 2013, [35] | E (n = 32) mean age(SD): 60.5 ± 9.8; C (n = 32) mean age (SD): 62.2 ± 8.9 | Poststroke constipation | E: 134.00 ± 1.26 d, C: 129.00 ± 1.35 d | E: auricular plaster + routine nursing; C: routine nursing | 1 min per acupoint, 20–30 min each, 3-4 times per day, for 4 weeks. | SAS, SDS |
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| Yu et al., 2014, [36] | E (n = 35) mean age (SD): 41.3 ± 7.28; C (n = 33) mean age (SD): 43.3 ± 6.89 | Poststroke constipation | Unclear | E: auricular plaster + routine nursing + health education; C: routine nursing + health education | 3 min per acupoint, 3 times per day, for 15 days. | Effective rate |
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| Ji et al., 2015, [37] | E (n = 40) mean age (SD): 61.3 ± 8.6; C (n = 40) mean age (SD): 59.6 ± 9.7 | Poststroke constipation | Unclear | E: auricular plaster + routine nursing; C: routine nursing | 3 min per acupoint, 3 times per day, for 2 weeks. | Effective rate |
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| Cai and Zhang, 2015, [38] | E (n = 28) mean age(SD): 56 ± 20; C (n = 28) mean age(SD): 57 ± 20 | Poststroke constipation | E: 78.6 ± 77.2 d, C: 75.6 ± 78.8 d | E: auricular plaster + routine nursing; C: routine nursing | 2 min per acupoint, 3 times per day, for 4 weeks. | Effective rate |
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| Guo et al., 2011, [39] | E (n = 60) mean age (SD): 63.1 ± 3.2; C (n = 60) mean age (SD): 61.1 ± 2.6 | Poststroke shoulder-hand syndrome | E: 1.7 ± 0.2 m, C: 1.5 ± 0.2 m | E: TCM soaking + routine rehabilitation exercise; C: routine rehabilitation exercise | First soak in hot water for 15 min, then soak in cold water for 15 min. 2 times per day, for 3 weeks. | Effective rate, VAS |
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| Zhang et al., 2014, [40] | E (n = 40) mean age (SD): 53.61 ± 8.71; C (n = 40) mean age (SD): 54.21 ± 7.23 | Poststroke shoulder-hand syndrome | 2∼5 m | E: TCM soaking + routine rehabilitation exercise; C: routine rehabilitation exercise | First soak in cold water for 10 min, then soak in hot water for 10 min, and finally cool the blister for 10 min. 1 time per day, for 4 weeks. | VAS, FMA |
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| Qu, 2013, [41] | E (n = 50) mean age (SD): 59.4 ± 1.5; C (n = 50) mean age (SD): 58.3 ± 1.4 | Poststroke depression | Unclear | E: TCM emotional nursing + routine nursing; C: routine nursing | For 4 weeks. | Effective rate |
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