Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Review Article

Acupuncture Therapy on Patients with Flaccid Hemiplegia after Stroke: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Table 1

Characteristics and details of interventions of included studies.
StudySample sizeAgeDuration (day)Criteria for gradingCriteria for grading flaccid hemiplegiaInterventionFrequency and retention timeLength of treatmentOutcomes
ExperimentalControlExperimentalControlChinese medicineWestern medicineExperimentalControl
Chen 2010 [20]7254.455.4Not describedNot describedNot describedNot describedNot describedElectroacupuncture + Western medicineWestern medicineOnce/day, not described28 dND, FMA, MBI
Songyang 2015 [37]12065644.54.7Not describedNot describedNot describedAcupuncture + rehabilitationRehabilitation5 times/week, 30 min30 dMBI
Chu et al. 2017 [21]12071 ± 869 ± 88.2 ± 3.79.2 ± 3.3Not describedENot describedAcupuncture + Western medicineWestern medicine6 times/week, 30 min2 WFMA, ND, MBI
Ping and Chen 2009 [34]7860.5 ± 15.463.4 ± 14.9Not describedNot describedNot describedCNot describedElectroacupuncture + rehabilitationRehabilitationNot described, 30 min30 dMAS
Ge 2005 [24]12462.15 ± 8.5365.76 ± 9.19Not describedNot describedNot describedCNot describedAcupuncture + rehabilitationRehabilitation5 times/week, 30 min4 WFMA, QOL
Yan 2013 [44]12063.07 ± 5.1262.05 ± 6.2516.65 ± 2.2513.25 ± 5.25Not describedDNot describedElectroacupuncture + rehabilitationRehabilitationOnce/day, 30 min4 WFMA, MBI, BBS
Ge Yun and Zhu 2006 [25]6062.468.83.84.6BCNot describedAcupuncture + rehabilitationRehabilitation5 times/week, 30–45 min8 WND
Chengyu 2012 [27]12660 ± 6.959 ± 7.69 ± 1.89 ± 2.1INot describedNot describedAcupuncture + rehabilitationRehabilitationOnce/day, 30 min6 MFMA
Jiyong 2018 [29]11669 ± 667 ± 77.3 ± 3.57.1 ± 3.3IJNot describedAcupuncture + Western medicineWestern medicine6 times/week, 30 min14 dFMA, ND
Peng et al. 2019 [33]6862 ± 1062 ± 831 ± 8.429.7 ± 9.2BDKAcupunctureRehabilitation6 times/week, 6h4 WFMA, MBI, MMSE, QOL
Yuming and Xi 2019 [28]40Not describedNot describedNot describedNot describedNot describedGNot describedAcupuncture + rehabilitationRehabilitationOnce/day, 20 min4 WND, MBI, BBS
Yinhua 2015 [46]6467.38 ± 7.1667.21 ±Not describedNot describedAENot describedAcupuncture + rehabilitationRehabilitationNot described, 30 minNot describedFMA
Kejun 2013 [30]7064.7 ± 8.664.5 ± 8.34.5 ± 2.24.7 ± 2.1INot describedNot describedAcupuncture + rehabilitationRehabilitationOnce/day, 30 min30 dMBI
Liu et al. 2005 [31]6261.46 ± 9.2360.89 ± 105.727 ± 2.15.697 ± 2.3Not describedCNot describedAcupuncture + rehabilitationRehabilitationNot described, 15 min30 dFMA
Mingxiang and Luo 2018 [32]9854.2 ± 2.354.2±3.2 ± 1.33.1 ± 1.2Not describedCNot describedAcupuncture + rehabilitationRehabilitation6 times/week, 30 min2 MMBI
Yaqing 2019 [45]8757.92 ± 4.8358.25 ± 4.663.68 ± 0.723.51 ± 0.63BDNot describedAcupuncture + rehabilitationRehabilitationOnce/day, 25–30 min4 WFMA, MBI
Fanglun 2015 [23]6064.4765.2329.7730.63Not describedNot describedGHead acupuncture + rehabilitationRehabilitationOnce-twice/day3 WFMA
Shen 2012 [36]10059.2 ± 10.658.9 ± 8.1Not describedNot describedNot describedCNot describedAcupuncture + rehabilitationRehabilitationOnce/day, 30 min3 WFMA, MBI
Wang and Rehabilitation 2019 [38]8059.53 ± 13.5258.50 ± 13.51Not describedNot describedNot describedNot describedNot describedAcupuncture + rehabilitationRehabilitationNot described, 30 min3 MFMA, MBI
Wang and Jiang 2006 [39]14655.7 ± 7.554.3 ± 7.2Not describedNot describedBDNot describedAcupuncture + rehabilitationRehabilitation6 times/week, 45 min1 MFMA, ND, MBI
Wang et al. 2017 [40]13060.5 ± 12.661.7 ± 10.93.3 ± 1.83.1 ± 1.5Not describedCKAcupuncture + Western medicineWestern medicineOnce/day, 30 min1 MND, MBI, FMA, QOL
Wong et al. 1999 [42]11860.4 ± 11.160.6 ± 10.8Not describedNot describedNot describedNot describedNot describedElectroacupuncture + rehabilitationRehabilitation5 times/week, 30 min2 WMBI
Xing Debing and Wang 2015 [43]5063.52 ± 13.2361.48 ± 11.792.875 ± 2.5012.798 ± 2.457BENot describedElectroacupunctureBlank placebo5–6 times/week, 30 min2 WMBI
Wei et al. 2012 [41]9064.22 ± 7.3763.82 ± 7.5411.22 ± 2.612.96 ± 15.92Not describedCNot describedAcupuncture + rehabilitationRehabilitation6 times/week, 30 min4 WND, MBI
Zhang et al. 2010 [35]8065.9 ± 11.169.2 ± 9.72.7 ± 1.473.4 ± 2.34Not describedCNot describedAcupuncture + rehabilitationRehabilitationOnce/day, 20 min3 WND, MBI, MMSE
Haiyun 2009 [26]7263.7 ± 10.564.5 ± 10.67.0 ± 2.16.5 ± 2.4Not describedCNot describedElectroacupuncture + rehabilitationRehabilitationOnce/day, 30 min4 WFMA
Erjian 2018 [22]5074.2 ± 4.773.2 ± 3.9Not describedNot describedNot describedNot describedNot describedAcupuncture + rehabilitationRehabilitationTwice/day, 30 minNot describedFMA, MBI
D: day, W: week, M: month, FMA: Fugl–Meyer Assessment scale, MBI: modified Barthel Index scale, MMSE: Mini-Mental State Examination scale, QOL: Quality Of Life Assessment scale, BBS: Berg Balance Scale, ND: Neurological Deficit Assessment scale, A: criteria for diagnosis and curative effect of diseases in traditional Chinese medicine, B: criteria for diagnosis and efficacy evaluation of stroke, C: diagnostic criteria formulated by the National Cerebrovascular Disease Conference, D: diagnostic points of various cerebrovascular diseases, E: Guidelines for Diagnosis and Treatment of Acute Stroke in China, F: neurological medicine, G: Stroke Classification Diagnosis and Treatment Guidelines of China in 2015, I: Guiding Principles for Clinical Research of New Chinese Medicines (Trial), J: Guidelines for Prevention and Treatment of Cerebrovascular Diseases in China, K: Brunnstrom rated in I-II.