Does acupuncture work for stroke rehabilitation: What do recent clinical trials really show?

Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 40-58

  Shiflett, Samuel C ^a  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; ADL; Barthel; FIM; Meta analysis; Rehabilitation; Stroke; TENS; Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; REHABILITATION CARE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STROKE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ACUPUNCTURE; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; HUMANS; META-ANALYSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; SURVIVAL RATE; TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRIC NERVE STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WALKING;

EID: 34547679538     PISSN: 10749357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1310/tsr1404-40     Document Type: Article

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